European Realm
Russian Realm
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Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
Forces that divide a state, such as religious, linguistic, ethnic, or ideological differences
What are centrifugal forces?
100
The coniferous forest vegetation south of the tundra
What is the taiga?
100
Cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands held power over others
What is hydraulic civilization theory?
100
The spread of ideas or culture from the center outward
What is expansion diffusion?
100
A common language
What is lingua franca?
200
A massive delivery of funds by the US to rebuild the infrastructure of Europe after World War II
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg allowed that city to become a
What is forward capital?
200
The Shi'ite majority nation in the realm
What is Iran?
200
The term for a place or region where culture is born
What is a culture hearth?
200
Climate, and the physical features that mark the natural landscape, such as vegetation, soils, and water bodies
What is physiography?
300
When two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other's demands
What is complementarity?
300
The expansion of a state’s territory or sphere of influence through cultural, political, military, or economic means
What is imperialism?
300
The empire that originated in Turkey, which ruled for 400 years
What is the Ottoman Empire?
300
The resource that drove the engine of the industrial revolution
What is coal?
300
A state ruled by a single party that focuses on military strength and self-reliance
What is a fascist state?
400
Protectionist policy that centered on accumulation of gold and silver and maintaining a favorable trade balance
What is mercantilism?
400
The primary tactic used by Moscow to ensure control over the other republics of the Soviet Union
What is Russification?
400
A series of religious movements that have as their central idea the fact that Muslims need to be brought back to the proper path
What is revivalism?
400
The barbarian peoples who invaded the early Russes
Who were the Mongols and the Tatars?
400
The language family from which most European languages originated
What is the Indo-European language family?
500
When a group of states gives up some measure of sovereignty in order to better the welfare of the group
What is supranationalism?
500
The term used to describe the centrally planned economy of the Soviet Union
What is command economy?
500
The 613 "commandments" of Judaism
What are mitzvot?
500
"Submission to the will of God"
What is Islam?
500
The process whereby regions within a state demand political strength and autonomy, and could cause the destruction of the state
What is devolution?
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