Russia
History of Russia
Eastern Europe
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
What type of government did Russia have under the tsars?
What is monarchy
100
Who is responsible for modernizing and westernizing Russia?
Who is Peter the Great
100
precipitation that contains dangerous chemicals from cars or factories
What is acid rain
100
going across a continent
What is transcontinental
100
Having money or wealth to start up a business
What is capital
200
What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
What is 1991
200
Ivan III established a Russian state and gave himself this title
What is a tsar
200
A person from Eastern Europe who speaks a Slavic langauge
What is a Slav
200
name for Russian emperor
What is tsar
200
an extremely powerful nation
What is a superpower
300
What group was responsible for overthrowing the Russian Monarchy?
Who are the Bolsheviks
300
Who was the political leader of the Bolsheviks that overthrew the Russian Monarchy?
Who is Vladimir Lenin
300
Which of these countries does not make up Yugoslavia? (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Canada)
What is Canada
300
to leave a country or region
What is emigrate
300
a peasant who is legally bound to live and work on the land of their lord
What is a serf
400
Who is the current president of Russia?
Who is Vladimir Putin
400
The Mongol Armies were known as what?
What is the Golden Horde
400
The Czech Republic and Slovakia formed what country?
What is Czechoslovakia
400
the 1st east slavic state created by Vikings
What is Kievan Rus
400
attacking or forcing out a specific group of people
What is ethnic cleansing
500
After the Soviet Union broke apart many countries had a __________________ economy but then switched to a ________________________ economy
What is communist/command to capitalism or free market
500
What Russian tsar expanded the territory through wars
Who is Catherine the Great
500
What ethnic group in Ukraine is being persecuted by Russia in the Crimean Peninsula?
Who are the Tartars
500
to ban or cut portions of Radio, film, literature. Limit free speech
What is censor
500
The name for Russian worker's councils or unions
What is Soviets
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