RUSSIA & THE EURASIAN REPUBLICS
After World War I, this country realized it was economically behind Western Europe and began pushing rapid industrial growth.
What is Russia?
This describes the region as having many different ethnic groups, languages, and traditions living within the same area.
What is cultural diversity?
Before 1917, Russia was ruled by this leader who held total control over the government.
Who is the czar?
After World War II, the Soviet Union focused heavily on spending money to strengthen this instead of making everyday goods.
What is the military?
This term describes what happens when groups disagree and fight instead of working together.
What is conflict?
This economic change involved building factories, increasing production, and placing the government in charge of the economy.
What is industrialization?
These traveling groups moved with animals and goods, spreading ideas, languages, and traditions across the region.
What are nomadic groups?
This global conflict made life worse in Russia by causing food shortages and heavy military losses.
What is World War I?
This type of economy allowed the government to decide what factories produced, how much they produced, and who received the goods.
What is a command economy?
This year marks the beginning of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, when fighting started in eastern Ukraine.
What is 2014?
During the Soviet era, these neighboring regions were mainly used for extracting natural resources like oil and minerals.
What are the Eurasian Republics?
This religion is most common in Russia and spread from Eastern Europe after Christianity divided into branches.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
This political group, led by Vladimir Lenin, promised “peace, land, and bread” to the Russian people.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
Because factories did not compete in the Soviet system, many consumer goods were low quality and these were common.
What are shortages?
This Ukrainian region was taken over by Russia in 2014, increasing tensions between the two countries.
What is Crimea?
Although Russia holds elections and has political parties, this long-time leader has dominated power for more than two decades.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
Although wars and political changes reshaped borders and governments, these continued to influence daily life across Russia and the Eurasian Republics.
What are cultural and religious traditions?
This system of government supports equality by placing land and industry under government control.
What is communism?
Long lines, lack of food and clothing, and poor living conditions led to this reaction from the Soviet people.
What are protests and unrest?
This term describes when one country’s military enters another country by force, as Russia did to Ukraine in 2022.
What is an invasion?
This major event in 1991 ended communism as the main system in Russia and led to multiple political parties.
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union?
This is the main reason the region developed such strong cultural diversity, as people, goods, and ideas passed through it for centuries.
What is its location along major migration and trade routes?
This 1917 event overthrew the Russian government and eventually led to the creation of a communist state.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
This 1991 event ended communism in the region and caused the Eurasian Republics to become independent.
What is the collapse of the Soviet Union?
One major reason for the Russia–Ukraine conflict involves control over land, natural resources, and strategic locations, showing competition for this.
What are resources?