Vocab
Illegal trade of scarce or illegal goods, usually sold at high prices:
What is the Black Market?
Rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain, especially in Russia & Ukraine:
What is Chernozem?
Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916):
Who was Grigori Rasputin?
This is nuclear wastes:
What are the by-products of producing nuclear power & weapons?
This is Communism:
What is an economic theory favoring a classless society and the abolition of private property. Everyone shares the burden of labor, and everyone shares the profits of that labor?
This is a satellite:
What is a country controlled by another country, notably Eastern European countries controlled by the Soviet Union by the end of WWII?
Major river in Russia:
What is the Volga river?
This was, "perestroika":
What was “Restructuring”, in Russian, Gorbachev’s plan for reforming the Soviet Union the Soviet economy & government?
A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground:
What is permafrost?
These three words in the Constitution give U.S. citizens the right to self-govern themselves:
What are We the People?
Ruler of Russia until 1917 Bolshevik Revolution:
What was the Russian Czar?
This is the major mountain range in Russia:
What are the Ural Mountains?
Russian term for new openness in areas of politics, social issues & media as part of Gorbachev’s plans for reform:
What was, "Glasnost"?
Material contaminated by residue from the generation nuclear energy & weapons:
What is radioactive material?
This was Russification:
What was in the 19th & 20th Century Russia & the Soviet Union, a government program that required everyone to speak Russian & become Christian?
Chemicals used to kill crop-damaging insects, rodents & other pests:
What are pesticides?
Effect of extreme variation in temperature & very little precipitation within the interior portions of a business.:
What is Continentality?
There were many figures of communism in Russia & the Soviet Union. Name three and explain their influence & impact on the country through ideology of communism:
Who were:
Vladimir Lenin- Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR.
Leon Trotsky- Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940).
Joseph Stalin- Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953).
Leonid Brezhnev- Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982).
Mikhail Gorbachev- Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)?
List three ways industrialization has affected Russia:
What are manufacturing pollutants, nuclear wastes, forest destruction & global warming acceleration practices?
Miley Cyrus is known for popularizing this dance move:
What is twerking?
This is privatization:
What is a change to private ownership of state-owned companies & industries?
Western Russia experiences this type of climate, while Eastern Russia experiences this type of climate:
What are Continental in the West & Tundra/Arctic in the East?
List three ways how Russia's economy has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991:
What are:
With the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia experienced a rocky transition from a command economy to a market economy.
Natural resources account for most of Russia’s exports, such as crude oil, minerals, and lumber.
Although a key trading partner with Russia, Ukraine remains wary of Russia’s former power and is considering joining the European Union.
Belarus remains industrially integrated and closely allied with Russia?
List three ways the Russian government has tried to help their environmental problems:
What are:
•Environmental groups have come together to demand an improvement in environmental standards.
•International regulation has encouraged steps to prevent further contamination.
•Conservation efforts continue to help Russia better manage its resources?
Brooke Davis, Nathan Scott & Peyton Sawyer are all characters from this TV show:
What is One Tree Hill?