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Russian farm laborer who could be bought and sold in czarist times
What is a serf?
climate found in much of Eastern Europe and Western Russia
What is humid continental?
The rivalry and conflict between the USSR and the United States following World War II was called the
What is the Cold War?
Young Russians are having the same _____________ as young Americans.
What are cultural experiences?
industry is challenged by the slow growth rates
What is the forest industry?
ruler of Russia before 1917
What is a czar?
Starting in Germany, the ___________ has long been a major trade route.
What is the Danube River?
conflict among ethnic groups within a state, country, or region
What is balkanization?
dominant religion in Russia and most Eastern European countries
What is Eastern Orthodox?
Most of Russia’s vast coal, oil, and natural gas reserves are in
What is Siberia?
elected president of Russia in 2000, 2004, and 2012; made prime minister in 2008
Who is Vladimir Putin?
part of Russia is covered with ice year-round
What is Novaya Zemlya?
a small group of people who control the government
What is oligarch?
limited freedoms of speech and the press in Russia; people are not happy
Who is Vladimir Putin?
the longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important waterway
What is the Volga River?
Soviet leader who allowed more social and political freedoms
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The Russian Plain stretches east from _____ and _____.
What are Belarus and Ukraine?
formed in the a.d. 800s covered much of central Europe
What is Great Moravia?
Russian culture is a mix of ___________ and __________ influences.
What are European and Asian?
Poland is one of the world's major sources of ____________.
What is sulfur?
Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
kind of climate found in Albania and Macedonia
What is a Mediterranean Climate?
The country disintegrated into several smaller countries based on ethnic groups
What is Yugoslavia?
nearly half of the working population in Albania work in this occupation
What is agriculture?
amount of Russia's land that is suitable for farming
What is 1/6?