16. The Central Uplands is a region of hills and low plateaus loaded with raw materials.
17. The mountain ranges in the north of Russia act as a significant barrier to the flow of Arctic air masses, resulting in a warmer climate than might otherwise be expected.
18. Moscow lies at the heart of the Central Industrial Region.
19. The United Kingdom, a charter member of the European Common Market, withdrew because of a disagreement in 1973.
20. The balkanization of a region implies its political unification.
21. Which of the following statements about the Soviet Union is false?
22. Which of the following statements about Moscow is false?
23. Which of the following is not found in Russia west of the Urals?
24. In their eastward push, the Russian Empire eventually reached Alaska but never entered the conterminous United States( Lower 48 states).
25. This exclave of Armenia is 75 percent Armenian but is located within Muslim Azerbaijan.