Go East!
What's in a name?
Who's story?
In Mother Russia...
Potpourri
100
The area in which Slavs migrated from
What is Asia
100
Farm laborers who could be bought and sold in a Feudal society
What is a serf?
100
What did Catherine Great encourage?
What is education, journalism, architecture and theatre.
100
The part of Russia that is covered in ice all year
What is Novaya Zemlya
100
In terms of culture, what occurred in Eastern Europe as a result of the fall of the Soviet Union?
What is National Traditions and identity grew stronger
200
The longest river in Europe. Also an important waterway for Russia
What is the Volga
200
Area of land that slopes gently downward from the surrounding land
What is Basin
200
During Catherine the Great's reign, how did the Russian Empire expand?
What is it expanded to include the entire north coast of the Black Sea
200
These mountains are covered with forests and glaciers in russia
What is NORTHERN Ural Mountains
200
What is unique about Albanians?
What is the speak a non-slavic language
300
The area in which Slavs settled in Eastern Europe.
What is Ukraine and Poland
300
Area of high elevation
What is Steppe
300
After the fall of communism, how was Yugoslavia affected?
What is broke up into several smaller countries
300
The most dominant religion in Russia
What is Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox
300
Warsaw is the capitol of which Eastern European country?
What is Poland
400
The mountain range responsible for isolation in the southern countries of Eastern Europe
What is Carpathian Mountains
400
Rulers of Russia ending in 1917 with the overthrow of Nicholas II
What is Czar
400
How did the transfer from government industries ( communism) to private ownership ( market) affect the living conditions in Russia?
What is It did not improve most Russians' living conditions
400
The czar that drove out the Mongols
What is Ivan the IV
400
Which city in Russia was built in 1703?
What is St. Petersburg
500
How has the physical geography of the Balkan Peninsula affected migration and population patterns in the region?
What is 1) very mountainous, 2) difficult for people to travel 3) cultural/ethnic diversity
500
Vast level of grass land
What is Steppe
500
Why did most Eastern European countries become satellite states of the Soviet Union after WWII?
What is Russia pushed Germany out of Eastern Europe, Russia moved in held elections voting to become a part of the Soviet Union
500
Russia still has boundary disputes between which two Eastern European countries?
What is Ukraine, Estonia
500
What is Glasnost?
What is openness in political discussions
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