Russia Physical Geography
What is the vast expanse of land known for extremely cold temperatures, and permafrost
What is Siberia?
What is the Russian term for its emperor?
What is Tsar?
A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on the land of their lord
Who are Serf's
He is the current president of Russia.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
Individuals compete with each other
What is capitalism?
This is the dividing line between Europe and Asia
What are The Ural Mountains?
How does Russia compare in size to the other countries of the world?
largest
What is the ethnic group that most Russians and Ukrainians are descendants of?
Slavs
He is man who killed 20 million Russians.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Individuals do not have private property
What is communism?
The world’s largest, deepest, and oldest freshwater inland body of water is___________.
What is Lake Baikal?
The radical Communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
What is the country bordering Russia that successfully invaded it?
Mongolia
Who was the woman that ruled over Russia during its golden age?
Catherine the Great
Free enterprise
What is capitalism?
Russia is spread across the continents of _______ and _______.
What is Europe and Asia?
Who was the main leader of the Bolsheviks?
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Who lives in The Kremlin?
Who is the Russian President?
He was the last Czar of Russia.
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
All basic needs are met (a positive of this economic system)
What is communism?
What is the vast evergreen forest that covers nearly half of Russia?
What is the Taiga?
The letters USSR stand for what?
What is The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
This herb is also part of the name of the cathedral in Moscow?
What is Saint Basil's Cathedral?
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union, allowing for a peaceful transition from USSR to Russia.
Who was Gorbachev?
Government regulates the economy to create fairness (Ex: minimum wage, redistribution of wealth)
What is socialism?