Vocabulary
Geography
Mixed bag
Terms
People
100
A system of public ownership of all property and a classless society with equal sharing of wealth.
What is communism?
100
A natural boundary between Russia and its southern neighbors.
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
100

A title held by the ruler of Russia before the 1917 revolution, and what is a Russian Prison Camp called

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What is a Czar and a Gulag?

100

400 mile trade route between China and the Mediterranean sea?

What is the Silk Road

100
Current President of the Russian Federation.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
200

An ideological, economic and political conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War that led to paranoia of both sides.

What is the Cold War?

200
This mountain is located in the Caucasus Mountains and is a popular destination for skiers and hikers.
What is Mount Elbrus?
200
A Ukrainian town where a nuclear accident occurred in 1986.
What is Chernobyl?
200

4 Main Russian Sections, name 2

What is European Plains, West Siberian Lowland, Central Plateau, Eastern Highlands

200

1st crowned Tsar of Russia. Not very well liked and extremely ruthless. 

Who is Ivan the Terrible?

300
A nineteenth century policy requiring everyone to convert to Christianity and speak Russian.
What is Russification?
300
Natural barrier that marks the traditional separation of Eastern Russian and Siberian Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
300

This Ruler was one of the first ones after the area was taken over from the Mongols. Very well liked!

Who is Ivan the Great?

300

Small country side homes

What is a Dacha

300
This last leader of the Soviet Russia introduced reform programs that brought an end to the Soviet Union and its political domination of Eastern Europe that had lasted since the end of World War II.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
A policy instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev that promoted greater political and social openness in Russia.
What is glasnost?
400
Longest waterway in Europe and is important as a transportation route and source of hydroelectric power.
What is the Volga River?
400
The German philosopher responsible for the development of communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
400

The system/economy in which Government makes all important economic decisions

What is a command economy

400

1600s Russian ruler that strengthened the military, expanded Russia's territory to make "a window on the West." Started to Modernize Russia

Who is Peter the Great?

500
A policy of reform and restructuring of the Soviet government and economy in the 1980s
What is perestroika?
500
The world's oldest and deepest body of fresh water.
What is Lake Baikal?
500

Most important Sea to Russia that they fight for access to because of its huge deposits of Oil?

What is the Caspian Sea?

500

A word meaning "north" used to describe the huge and environmentally important evergreen forests found primarily in the Russian Core and Canada.

What is boreal forest

500

This man seized control of the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin and is remembered for his ruthless style of leadership and successfully guiding the Soviet Union through World War II.

Who is Joseph Stalin?

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