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The mountain range that separates the Northern European and West Siberian plains is the __________ mountains
What are the Ural Mountains
is the term used to describe a region's distance away from the moderating influence of the sea.
What is a Continentality?
The _____ plain is a dry lowland area that includes two large deserts
What is the Turan?
Because it was a meeting point for people from many areas with many different languages, __________ was referred to by Arab geographers by a name that means "Mountain of Language."
What is a Trans-Caucasia?
The tradition of visiting the _______, a bathhouse combining a steambath and sauna, is still practiced by Russians in both rural and urban areas.
What is a Banya?
The __________________ Mountains form the border between Russia and Transcaucasia.
What are the Caucasus mountains?
The _________ was damaged by efforts to use its waters for irrigation of nearby farms.
What is the Aral Sea?
Due to the _________ of the Aral Sea, the population of the region has experienced an increase in diseases.
What is pollution?
The famous trade route that went from China to the Mediterranean Sea was known as the
What is the Silk Road?
production is the most important industry in Transcaucasia
What is Oil/Petroleum?
The longest river on the European continent is the ____________ river.
What is Volga River?
The _____ crosses seven time zones between Moscow and Vladivostok.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
The Russian leader who put an end to Mongol rule was
Who was Ivan the Great?
When the Soviets drew political boundaries for the new nations of _______ ________ they deliberately included a percentage of ethnic minorities in each country in order to create tension amongst the different groups to prevent them opposing Soviet rule.
What is Central Asia?
In the 9th century, the _______ migrated to the land between the Baltic and Black Seas to take advantage of the river trade between the two seas.
Who are the Vikings?
The oldest and deepest lake in the world is lake ____________.
What is Lake Baikal?
The name for the fertile soil in the Northern European Plain is
What is Chernozem?
In 1917, the rule of the czars was ended by the
What is the Russian Revolution?
moved Russia’s capital to a city on the Baltic Sea to establish closer contact with the West.
Who is Peter the Great?
The fall of the _________ _________ in 1991 caused the region to divide into 15 independent republics.
What is the USSR or the Soviet Union?
A region known for frigid temperatures as well as its many natural resources is _____________.
What is Siberia?
Because Russia and the Republics cover such an expanse of territory, the region crosses ________ time zones.
What is 11?
An economy in which the central government makes all the decisions about a country's economic policies is known as a ___________ economy.
UWU
Millions of people starved to death in famines resulting from the failure of the Soviet’s __________ ___________ system.
Men
This mountainous region has caused conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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