QUESTION 21 In 2000, 83 of Russia\'s political units were combined into Blank 1

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QUESTION 21

                        In 2000, 83 of Russia's political units were combined into Blank 1 regional administrative districts in order to consolidate power in the hands of Blank 2.

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QUESTION 22

                        As with Europe, Russia's population is ______, but unlike Europe, it is for different reasons. One of the major areas of concern is Russian men; a Russian man is _____ times more likely to die from a violent or accidental death that his European counterpart and less than ________of all Russian male teenagers will make it to their 60's.

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QUESTION 23

                        Although Russia is a part of ________, as it is one of the world's four emerging markets, this economic success is mainly due to the export of ________.

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QUESTION 24

                        Russia's ____________ is the world's deepest lake.

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QUESTION 25

                        What Russian town is the coldest town on earth, so cold in fact that if you wore glasses, they would freeze to your face?

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QUESTION 26

                        In the Russian region known as the southern (or internal) periphery, what religion does most of the population follow?

Christianity

Judaism

Hindu

Buddhist

Islam

QUESTION 27

                        What region is unstable and restive because it has been a battleground between Christians and Muslims, Russians and Turks, and Armenians and Persians over the centuries?

QUESTION 28

                        Over what territory did Georgia and Russia fight in 2008?

QUESTION 29

                        Blank 1 is a territory that belongs to Azerbaijan, is located in Azerbaijan, but contains an Armenian majority. Tension and violence simmer under the surface due to Blank 2, the geographical term that explains how these Armenians want to be part of Armenia, and not Azerbaijan (and vice versa).

QUESTION 30

                        Post-Soviet Russia has faced many challenges. Which of the following are some of these challenges? (choose all that apply)

                                                                                                A. Distance decay

B. Most natural resources are located in Russia

C. Increasing discord and animosity between Moscow and other political units

D. Separatist aims in the the internal periphery and Transcaucasia

E. Successfully governing a centrally planned, command economy

Explanation / Answer

21. seven, Putin

22.144.3 milion,four times

23. Soviet Union, mineral fuel

24.Lake Baikal

25.

25.Oymyakon

27.Azerbaijani

28.Transcaucasia

29.Nagorno-Karabakh,

30. A,C &D

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