Q 01/05

Which mountain range marks the western edge of Siberia?

A) The Caucasus

B) The Altai Mountains

C) The Carpathians

D) The Ural Mountains

Answer · why

D) The Ural Mountains

The Ural River is usually taken as the southern end of that boundary, and Siberia runs from there all the way to the Pacific.

Q 02/05

Roughly what fraction of Russia's land area does Siberia occupy?

A) Almost all of it

B) About three-quarters

C) About half

D) About a third

Answer · why

B) About three-quarters

Yet it holds only about a quarter of Russia's people, most of them strung along the southern rail corridor.

Q 03/05

What is the most populous city in Siberia?

A) Kemerovo

B) Krasnoyarsk

C) Irkutsk

D) Novosibirsk

Answer · why

D) Novosibirsk

It is Russia's third-largest city, with about 1.6 million people, and the busiest airport in Siberia.

Q 04/05

Which Siberian lake is the deepest in the world?

A) Ladoga

B) Onega

C) Baikal

D) Balkhash

Answer · why

C) Baikal

It is also the oldest lake on Earth and holds more water than all the North American Great Lakes combined.

Q 05/05

The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow to which Pacific port city?

A) Nakhodka

B) Khabarovsk

C) Vladivostok

D) Magadan

Answer · why

C) Vladivostok

The full journey takes over a week and, at more than 9,000 km, is the longest railway line in the world.