- 1. Which country has the largest territory in the Arctic region?
A) United States
B) Canada
C) Russia
D) Norway
- 2. What is the name of the Russian archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean?
A) Maldives
B) Franz Josef Land
C) Galapagos Islands
D) Hawaii Islands
- 3. The Northern Sea Route is a shipping lane that passes through which ocean?
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
- 4. Which natural resource is abundant in the Russian Arctic region?
A) Diamonds
B) Gold
C) Coal
D) Oil and gas
- 5. What is the capital city of the Russian Arctic region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug?
A) Omsk
B) Salekhard
C) Yakutsk
D) Novosibirsk
- 6. Which Russian explorer discovered the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean?
A) Yakov Sannikov
B) Ivan the Terrible
C) Peter the Great
D) Catherine the Great
- 7. What is the major threat to Arctic ecosystems due to climate change?
A) Forest fires
B) Heavy rainfall
C) Polar vortex
D) Melting sea ice
- 8. Which Russian town is located at the southern end of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago?
A) Sochi
B) Kazan
C) Ryazan
D) Dikson
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