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World Geography Final Exam____ 109.____ 110.____ 111.____ 112.____ 113.____ 114.____ 115.____ 116.____ 117.The leader who granted more economic and political freedom to the people of the former USSRwasA. Ivan the Great.B. Mikhail Gorbachev.C. V. I. Lenin.D. Joseph Stalin.An economy in which the central government makes all the decisions about a country's economicpolicies is known as aA. command economy.B. communistic economy.C. labor economy.D. collective economy.Because it was a meeting point for people from many areas with many different languages,_______ was referred to by Arab geographers by a name that means "Mountain of Language."A. RussiaB. the Baltic RepublicsC. TranscaucasiaD. St. PetersburgAfter the Russian Revolution, the Soviet military became known as theA. Red Army.B. USSR Army.C. Russian Army.D. Revolutionary Army.The decision about whether to consider the Caspian a sea or a lake will help to determineA. whether it contains fresh water or salt water.B. how the region's maps will be drawn.C. how oil resources are divided.D. where the states' boundaries will be drawn.The famous trade route that went from China to the Mediterranean Sea was known asA. the China Road.B. the Mediterranean Road.C. the Silk Road.D. the Spice Road.People who have no permanent home, and move according to the seasons in search of food,water, and grazing land are known asA. wanderers.B. herders.C. yurters.D. nomads.Which of the following is a cause for the regional conflicts in Caucasus?A. an increase in tourismB. demands for more Western goodsC. the presence of more than 50 different ethnic groupsD. the Communist form of governmentWhich of the following is NOT a republic in the Caucasus region?A. ChechnyaB. North OssetiaC. UkraineD. DagestanGeography 2011 13