Russia - Mini Lesson

Russia is the largest country in the world.

It is home to Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake on Earth.

To modernize Russia, Peter the Great once imposed a tax on beards. 

Russia is a country and a continent.

It is home to the Trans-Siberian Railway - the longest railway system in the world, crossing through multiple time zones.

Ubercontinental

Transcontinental

Tricontinental

It's own continent

Asia

China

Serbia

Europe

TRUE

False, they serve as a natural boundary between Asia and Serbia

False, they serve as a natural boundary between Asia and Europe

False, they serve no geographic purpose

Desert

Humid Continental

Subarctic

Tundra

voting patterns in large cities

climate conditions of the region

border disputes with neighbors

none of the answers are correct

True

False

Orient Express

Reading Railroad

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Transcontinental

Prime Ministers

Kings

Presidents

Czars

Vladimir Putin

Ivan the Great

Joseph Stalin

Joe Biden

Buddhism

Communism

Eastern Orthodox Church

Rabbinic Judaism

cultural religion

cultural diffusion

commercial diffusion

communism

True

False

Matryoshka nesting dolls

leaving your shoes on while visiting someone's home

classical arts like ballet ant music by composers like Tchaikovsky

celebrating Maslenitsa by giving small gifts