1. What are Russia's main regions? 2. What are the main qualities of each? 3. What connects Moscow with Russia's Far East? 4. Why is this important? 5. What are some of the major environmental problems in Russia and Transcaucasia? 6. What is the relationship between the countries of Georgia and Russia? Describe their 2008 conflict. 7. What happened to Chechnya? Why has Russia fought two wars in Chechnya since the Soviet Union's collapse? 8. What are the three independent countries of Transcaucasia? 9. When did they gain independence from Russia? 10. Which of the three Transcaucasian countries has the least opportunity to gain wealth? What is the largest source of income in this region? 11. What physical feature demarcates the boundary between Europe and Asia in southern Russia? 12. What is the largest city in Transcaucasia? On what sea is it located?