The people decide what goods and services to produce, how to produce them and who will buy them
What is free market economy?
100
The body of water that separates the USA from Russia
What is the Bering Straits (Bering Sea)?
100
A government in which people freely elect their leaders
What is democracy?
100
Before Moscow, what city was the capital of Russia
What is St. Petersburg?
100
The longest train / railroad system in the world
What is The Trans-Siberia Railroad?
200
the production of goods such as machinery, mining equipment and steel.
What is heavy industry?
200
The region that holds the largest supply of minerals in Russia is _____
What is Siberia?
200
An economic and political system or theory whereby government controls all business, personal and private property and guarantees individuals jobs
What is communism?
200
In order to manufacture many of Russia's heavy equipment, factories operated with little regulations resulting in what kind of damage to the environment
What is air pollution?
200
One hundred and forty million people
What is the population of Russia?
300
Energy from controlled atomic reactions
What is nuclear energy?
300
The only Russian port on the Baltic Sea that remains free of ice year-round is _____
What is Kaliningrad
300
The German philosopher who created the ideology of communism
What is Karl Marx?
300
Many chemicals were used to manufacture heavy machinery and other military equipment which resulted in destroying Russia's lakes, stream and lakes as well as drinking water
What is water pollution?
300
Name at least two bodies of water that border Russia
What is The Baltic Sea, The Bering Sea, The Caspian Sea, etc?
400
The production of consumer goods such as clothing, shoes, furniture, and household products
What is light industry?
400
The political, economic, and cultural center of Russia is
What is Moscow?
400
Along with lower wages and a lower standard of living, what other factors affect people who live in a communist society?
What is unemployment?
400
The northeastern / central region of Russia that has frigid weather as well as being a source of much valuable mineral deposits
What is Siberia?
400
Is Russia a communist country today
What is No?
500
The number of years that an average person is expected to live
What is life expectancy?
500
Mountain range that divides Russia into two halves. This mountain range runs from north to south.
What is the Ural Mountains?
500
The Russian dictator who brought the idea of communism to Russia in the early 1900's
What is Vladimir Lenin?
500
The site of the worst nuclear power plant disaster in Russia's history
What is Chernobyl?
500
Name the river that is located in the southeastern region of Russia and is used as a vital form of transportation