The Caucasus Region

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1. Which two seas form borders for the Caucasus Region? The Black and Caspian Seas The Caspian and Chukchi Seas The Okhotsk and Black Seas The Arabian and Laptev Seas

2. What is the highest peak in the Caucasus Mountains? Mount Elbrus Mount Shkhara Mount Kazbek Mount Shota Rustaveli

3. The Ural Mountain Chain is encompassed within the Caucasus Region. True False

4. What is the largest city in this region? Grozny Tbilisi Baku Yerevan

5. This next question requires you to be familiar with the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The war ended in 1994 and Armenia gained a portion of Azerbaijan's territory. What is the name of the disputed territory? Chechen Republic North Ossetia-Alania Dagestan Nagorno-Karabakh

6. Of the three countries Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia how many of them share a border with Iran? two three one zero

7. Of which two continents is the Caucasus often said to be a member? Answer: (Three words, second word is "and")

8. What natural resource is Azerbaijan best noted for? Timber Uranium Coal Oil

9. What river begins at Mount Kazbek, Georgia, and flows for 600 km, going through North Ossetia, Chechnya and Dagestan, before emptying into the Caspian Sea? Sunzha River Urukh River Terek River Kambileyevka River

10. What mountain in the Caucasus is accredited for being the final resting place for Noah's Ark, as stated in the bible? Mt. Ararat Mt. Arafat Mt. Aragat Arasplat