Directions for Jeopardy: Students pick a category, read the questions, and respond with the answers. Click anywhere on the slide to reveal the answer. To go back to the Jeopardy board, click on the home icon. The browser pointer must be visible in order to return to the game board. Divide the class and keep score in anyway that suits classroom management style.

TriviaAgriculture Final Trivia Superlatives People Government Vocabulary Final Jeopardy.

Type of government in the Eurasian Republics between Communism Government 100

Only employer in the USSR between 1917 and 1991 The Communist Government Government 200

Current President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev Government 300

Two domestic reforms passed by Gorbachev in 1991 Glasnost and Perestroika Government 400

A new interdependent community of former Soviet states The Commonwealth of Independent States Government 500

Economy in which the government makes all the decisions regarding manufacturing, sales, and distribution Command Economy Government 600

Members involved in the 1917 revolutions The Bolsheviks The People 100

The main religion in the Eurasian Republics Eastern Orthodox The People 200

Largest country in Northern Eurasia Russia The People 300

Pysanky Form of self-expression that is closely related to Ukrainian Easter celebrations

Art form used in religious worship in the Eastern Orthodox church Icons The People 400

Site of a nuclear disaster in 1986 that continues to affect citizens Chernobyl The People 500

Breadbasket of the Commonwealth of Independent States Ukraine The People 600

Rich black soil found in western Ukraine chernozem Vocabulary 100

Permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground permafrost Vocabulary 200

Economic system in supply and demand of the consumers determines what is bought and sold market economy Vocabulary 300

Process in which productive land is turned into desert desertification Vocabulary 400

Russian term for vast subarctic forest, mainly evergreens Taiga Vocabulary 500

Social and political movement developed by Marx and Lenin Communism Vocabulary 600

Number of time zones that Russia and the Eurasian Republics span 11 Eurasia Trivia 100

Eurasia Trivia 200

Number of republics in the Commonwealth of Independent States 12 Eurasia Trivia 200

Waterway between Siberian Russia and Alaska Bering Strait Eurasia Trivia 300

Major means of travel in Russia and Eurasia Train Eurasia Trivia 400

Communist leader during WWII Josef Stalin Eurasia Trivia 500

Russia city known as the “window to the west” St. Petersburg Eurasia Trivia 600

The deepest freshwater lake in the world Lake Baikal Superlatives 100

The longest railroad in the world The Trans-Siberian Railroad Superlatives 200

Busiest waterway in European Russia Volga River Superlatives 300

Largest inland body of water Caspian Sea Superlatives 400

World’s largest exporter of natural gas Russia Superlatives 500

Largest area of flat land in the world West Siberian Plain Superlatives 600

Name of the fortress that houses museums and the current President of Russia and Parliament

The Kremlin Final, Final Jeopardy Click the ?

Why does the Crimean Peninsula have a Mediterranean Climate? Draw a map of the peninsula and include an explanation. Best one wins