Physical Geography
Landmass that includes Europe and Asia
Dictator who imprisoned, exiled, or killed those who spoke out against the Soviet Union
Who was Joseph Stalin?
This body of water is located on Ukraine's southern border
This religion started in the Middle East approximately two thousand years ago and has become Europe's most popular religion
What is Christianity?
This branch of the U.S. government makes laws and is comprised of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the legislative branch?
Area known for volcanoes and earthquakes
What is the Ring of Fire?
Year the Soviet Union collapsed
What is 1991?
The largest ocean on Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This type of society is known for being ethnically and culturally diverse
What is multicultural?
This is a type of government where power is shared between the central and local governments
What is federalism?
The Ob, Yenisey, and Lena rivers flow into this ocean
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Built their capital city in Kiev
Who were the Kievan Rus?
In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe and crossed this ocean before reaching the Americas
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The movement of people from one place to another and one of the main reasons people speak so many different languages in Europe
What is migration?
This is a type of government where a king or queen only has limited power to rule and shares power with other branches of government
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The world's deepest lake
What is Lake Baikal?
Conquered Kiev in the late 1200s
Who were the Mongols/Tatars?
One of the busiest waterways on Earth, this narrow body of water separates the British Isles from France and the rest of mainland Europe
What is the English Channel?
This is the mutual sharing and adaptation of cultural elements between two or more cultures
What is cultural exchange?
This is a type of government where power is not shared between the central and local governments
What is a unitary government?
Forest of evergreen trees
Name of the radical communist group that seized power in Russia during the Russian Revolution
Mountain range found between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
What are the Caucasus Mountains?
This is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another
What is cultural diffusion?
This is an example of a type of government where only a few people rule over everyone else
What is an oligarchy?