Question

1. choose the best answer.

a catastrophic explosion at the ______ power plant hurled ten tons of radioactive material into the air.
kharkiv
chernobyl
odessa
kiev

1. choose the best answer.

the ______ railway connects moscow with vladivostok on russias pacific coast.
russian continental
trans-siberian
transcontinental
soviet

Explanation:

1. For question 19: The 1986 catastrophic nuclear explosion releasing radioactive material occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The other options are cities in Ukraine, not the site of this event.
2. For question 20: The railway that links Moscow to Vladivostok on Russia's Pacific coast is the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway line in the world. The other options do not match this specific major Russian railway.

Answer:

1. B. Chernobyl
2. B. Trans-Siberian