<p> Russia and Central Asia</p><p>Physical Characteristics</p><p>Russia and Central Asia—Physical Features WS</p><p>1. How many times zones does Russia cover? </p><p>2. Which mountain range is usually considered the dividing point between Europe and Asia? </p><p>3. Where is the Volga River located? </p><p>4. Is there more land on the European or Asian side of Russia? </p><p>5. Russia spans nearly 170 degrees of longitude, which is almost half the globe. How many total degrees of longitude are there? </p><p>--What is the name of the 0 degree longitude line? </p><p>--What is the name of the 180 degree longitude line?</p><p>6. Name two reasons why it is difficult to govern a huge country like Russia. </p><p>7. What is permafrost? Where in Russia can it be found? </p><p>8. Where in Russia and Central Asia might you find a steppe region? What is the land like in a steppe? 9. Where can you find deserts in Central Asia? </p><p>10.What is chernozem soil? Where can you find it? </p><p>11.Where in Russia can you find a tundra climate? What is the land usually like in these areas? </p><p>12.Which country in Europe, formerly known as the “breadbasket of the Soviet Union”, is famous for its black earth? </p><p>13.Is there a higher population on the European or Asian side of Russia? </p><p>14.Which rebellious region of Russia can be found in the Caucasus Mountains? </p><p>15.Where do the Ural Mountains begin and end? </p><p>16.Where is the Aral Sea? </p><p>17.Where is Siberia? </p><p>18.Describe the population density in Siberia. </p><p>19.Where in Russia and Central Asia might you find good farmland? </p><p>20.Name two reasons why it is difficult and expensive to develop the resources in Siberia. 21.What river in Russia is the longest river in Europe? </p><p>22.Why is the Aral Sea polluted? </p><p>23.Where are the Caucasus Mountains? </p><p>24.Which body of water does the Ob River flow into? </p><p>25.What is the climate like in much of Siberia? </p><p>26.Which body of water does the Amur River flow into? </p><p>27.Name three resources found in Siberia.</p><p>28.What types of resources can be found in and around the Caspian Sea? </p><p>29.Where in Russia might you find a taiga region? </p><p>30.Which lake in Siberia is the deepest freshwater lake in the world? </p><p>31.Which river can be seen from the Kremlin in Moscow? </p><p>32.What is the world’s largest landlocked sea? </p><p>33.Which huge region in Russia is called “the sleeping land”? 34.Why was a canal built between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea? Which larger sea can be reached if you can get to the Black Sea? </p><p>35.The Amur River forms part of the border between Russia and which Asian country? </p><p>36.Name another river somewhere else in the world that forms part of a border between two countries. </p><p>37.Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? </p><p>38.Which body of water separates Russia from Alaska? </p>