Russian History
Vocabulary
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Russian Geography
miscellaneous
100
The title given to Russian Emperors.
What is Czar?
100
The time when the Soviet Union and the U.S. competed for world domination.
What is the Cold War?
100
The permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface.
What is permafrost?
100
The side of Russia where most people live.
What is the Western/European side of Russia?
100
Winner of the Cold War.
What is The U.S./democracy?
200
The Civilization modern Russians came from, in the Ukraine today.
What is the Kievan Rus?
200
Type of government that controls all of the economy and society.
What is communism/communist state?
200
An overthrow of the government by military force.
What is a coup?
200
This area in Russia is very cold, large, has lots of resources and little infrastructure. (Answer is not Eastern or Western Russia)
What is Siberia?
200
The current leader of Russia/Trump's best friend.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
300
The first human being in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin
300
Independence from a central government.
What is autonomy?
300
Farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.
What is serfs?
300
Two characteristics of the Soviet Union as a communist nation.
1. Government Control 2. no freedom of speech 3. command economy 4.emphasis on science and technology
300
The top two sports in Russia.
What are 1.Soccer(football) and 2.Ice Hockey?
400
The leader that overthrew the government in 1917 and installed a communist regime.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
400
The production of goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel.
What is Heavy Industry?
400
The production of consumer goods, such as clothing and household products.
What is light industry?
400
The physical landform that divides Eastern and Western Russia.
What is The Ural Mountains?
400
Describe Joseph Stalin.
Harsh dictator. Punished anyone who spoke against him. Killed millions of his own people. Kept the country together during WWII.
500
Soviet policy that meant "restructuring." Let factory managers make decisions and allowed some small private business.
What is perestroika?
500
Soviet policy that meant "openness." Citizens could say and write what they wanted to without fear of being punished.
What is glasnost?
500
The system of roads and railroads for transporting materials.
What is infrastructure?
500
Reasons why more people live in Western Russia
1.Mild Climate 2.Better farmland 3.larger cities 4.more modern and more!
500
The country that Russia annexed part of in 2014.
What is the Ukraine?
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