These people took over Russia. They had power over the princes and made the princes fight each other.
Who were the Mongols?
100
It was completed in 1914, giving Russia access to a lot of rich minerals that were in the west.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway
100
Most of Siberia had this type of climate.
Subarctic climate.
100
This tied farmers to the plots of land, putting them under control of the landlord.
What is serfdom?
200
This region is south of the Caucasus mountains. It extends from the Black sea to the Caspian sea.
What is Transcaucasia?
200
Giving himself the title of Czar, this Grand prince ruled with an iron fist.
Who was Ivan the terrible?
200
An accident in Chernobyl spread fear throughout the Russian people about the risk of this environmental disaster.
What are the risks of Nuclear power?
200
Most Russians live west of this mountain range.
What are the Ural mountains?
200
This word means peace. It was also the name of a space station.
What is Mir?
300
This Danish explorer was born in (1681-1741). Serving in the Russian Navy, this explorer charted the coast of the Arctic ocean.
Who is Vitus Bering?
300
This Grand Prince visited Constantinople and adopted the city's christian faith.
Who was Grand Prince Vladimir?
300
This was started when Russia launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik.
What was the space race?
300
Vladivostok, one of Russia's major ports, open up to which sea?
The sea of Japan.
300
A single party rules, making everything equal
What is communism?
400
This lake holds one fifth of all the worlds freshwater
What is Lake Baikal?
400
A poor diet, high rate of alcoholism, and damage from pollution caused what?
A drop in Russian life expectancy.
400
The Caucasus mountains are between these two seas.
The Black sea and the Caspian sea.
400
These people did not believe that they would truly be free until all of government was destroyed.
What is anarchists?
500
This river is one of Russians most important rivers. It is also known as "Dear Little Mother."
What is the Volga River?
500
This leader began the reconstruction of the Soviet economic and political system(perestroika). This leader also encouraged glasnost, a policy that would permit people the freedom to express and debate ideas about the Soviet society and politics.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
Russian farmers only had a short growing season, but they were still able to grow...
Wheat, barley, corn, cotton, oats,and potatoes.
500
Most of Russia is covered by what kind of vegetation?
Evergreen forests.
500
This promised that tons of new factories would open up as long as the current factories stay open for 24 hours. This would have to continue for a curtain number of years.