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Multiple Choice
Select the best answer from the choices provided.

This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 The Russian domain is comprised of Russia plus all of the following countries EXCEPT:
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 The Russian domain provides the world's largest example of a high-latitude continental climate. This explains why:
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 The acidic soils found in Belarus and central portions of European Russia are called _____ soils. Further south, more fertile "black earth" soils are called _____.
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Major drainage systems in Siberia include the:
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Environmental issues in the Russian domain include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 Most of the major cities in the Russian domain lie along _____ or along the _____.
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 During the Soviet era, voluntary and involuntary resettlement of Russians into non-Russian areas was known as:
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 During the Soviet era, a number of planned residential zones were built in newly urban areas. Large massed blocks of apartment buildings intended to form self-contained communities were called:
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Implications of Russia's demographic crisis include:
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 As the Russian Empire grew, it assimilated or allied with all of the following groups EXCEPT the:
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window		 Approximately _____ percent of Russia's population share a _____ linguistic identity.
 
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Question 12
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Open Hint for Question 12 in a new window		 Throughout the Russian domain, a revival of interest in organized religions currently results in increased numbers of all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 13
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Open Hint for Question 13 in a new window		 International music-industry corporations that recently opened operations in Russia include all of the following BUT:
 
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Question 14
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Open Hint for Question 14 in a new window		 In 1917, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, a faction of Russian communists called the _____ seized power. They reorganized the empire into 15 ethnic republics linked together as the _____.
 
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Question 15
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Open Hint for Question 15 in a new window		 Soviet geopolitical structures unintentionally helped create local national identities through creation of ethnic:
 
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Question 16
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Open Hint for Question 16 in a new window		 During the 1980s, President Gorbachev's plan for economic restructuring within the Soviet Union to make production more efficient was called:
 
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Question 17
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Open Hint for Question 17 in a new window		 The 1992 Russian Federation Treaty created a new internal political framework for Russia. Aside from islands, the only piece of territory to remain outside Russia's contiguous land area is:
 
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Question 18
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Open Hint for Question 18 in a new window		 While increased local political control has advantages, critics of devolution within the Russian Federation argue that it can lead to all of the following BUT:
 
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Question 19
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Open Hint for Question 19 in a new window		 Russia has unresolved border issues with:
 
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Question 20
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Open Hint for Question 20 in a new window		 Benefits of the Soviet legacy throughout the Russia domain include all of the following BUT:
 
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Question 21
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Open Hint for Question 21 in a new window		 Privatization reduces government involvement in people's lives, resulting in:
 
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Question 22
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Open Hint for Question 22 in a new window		 Russia's organized crime syndicates (mafia) are thought to control roughly _____ of Russia's banks and to engage in international _____ with U.S. and British banks.
 
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Question 23
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Open Hint for Question 23 in a new window		 Health care issues throughout the Russian domain concern increases in all of the following diseases EXCEPT:
 
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Question 24
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Open Hint for Question 24 in a new window		 With 35% of the world's natural gas reserves, Russia also outpaces the U.S. in annual oil production. The region's major oil fields are in:
 
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Question 25
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Open Hint for Question 25 in a new window		 Cities benefiting from global investment include:
 
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