Question

#1: Which mountains separate European Russia from Asian Russia?

A. Caucasus

B. Zagros

C. Lena

D. Ural

**my answer: D. ural

is that right?

Answer 1

#2: What climate zone, one of the largest in Russia, is home to several biomes including the taiga?

A. humid subtropical

B. subarctic

C. dry desert

D. Mediterranean

**my answer: B. subarctic

is that right?

Answer 2

1B is not it because Zagros is in Iraq/Iran

Answer 3

#3: Russia's main reason for going to war against Sweden and the Ottoman Empire in the late 1600s was to __________.

A. spread the Russian Orthodox religion

B. avenge defeats in earlier wars

C. secure warm-water ports

D. spread communism into Europe

***my answer: B or C... idk :(

Answer 4

yeah 1D looks good, ural looks like it's in the right spot

Answer 5

kk and 2 and 3? :)

Answer 6

2B looks good

Answer 7

kk and 3?

#4: What accounts for the low population density found in much of Russia?

A. climate

B. religion

C. war

d. politics

**my answer: A. climate
is that right?

Answer 8

#5: Russia's achievements in the late nineteenth century include all of the following except __________.

A. leading producer of steel, iron, and oil

B. large colonial holdings in Africa

C. a world famous author and composer

D. cities connected by rail and telegraph
***my answer: A.

or is it B?? idk what do u think?

Answer 9

#3 is kinda buried in here

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?paragraphid=iaf

russia didn't have access to any good ports, so that's basically what caused it (probably more to the story)

Answer 10

actually for #5, I'm kinda leaning more towards B now... is that right?? 5=B ??

Answer 11

wait so whats the answer to 3 then?

Answer 12

i agree with 4A, don't need much research to show that bad climate ---> poor conditions to grow food ----> not many people

Answer 13

kk so what about 3 and 5?

Answer 14

#5

look at this map, it shows all the russian colonies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Colonialism

Answer 15

i (kinda) already said the answer to #3

Answer 16

wait so is #3=B then??

and #5=B too??

Answer 17

i didn't say that

Answer 18

but yes, 5B

Answer 19

3=C then?

Answer 20

3C = yes

Answer 21

kk thanks! :)