Physical Geography
This type of tree is part of the reason why the Canadian wildfires were so bad this past summer.
What are evergreens/Christmas trees?
This Soviet leader is known for his infamous purges that killed over 20 million.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This giant devolutionary force is where many of Canada's biggest identifying features came from.
What is Quebec?
Until recent years, this industry was very prominent in Puerto Rico.
What is pharmaceuticals?
This ceremonial dance is associated with the Maori people of New Zealand.
What is the Haka?
This one body of water in Russia, contains more water than all of the Great Lakes combined.
What is Lake Baykal/Baikal?
This practice, utilized in the Soviet Union, involved predicting how much of a good the country would need for a certain period of time.
What are 5-year plans?
This land was given to the indigenous peoples of Canada by the Canadian government.
What are the three Canadian territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut)?
Before being pushed out of Canada by the British, the group now known as the Cajuns were referred to as this.
Who are the Acadians?
This region in the U.S. has a similar landscape to the Australian Outback.
What is the American Southwest?
This is the geological term that describes the type of rock that can be found on the Canadian Shield.
What is craton?
While it wasn't the main reason the Soviet Union fell, this event was "the straw that broke the camel's back."
What was the war in Afghanistan?
The Russian invasion of this region is considered to be a precursor to the current war in Ukraine.
What is Crimea?
These were the TWO social statistics that Ping talked about Canada being better than the U.S. at.
What are education and healthcare/life expectancy?
This planned capital of Australia is strategically placed in between Sydney and Melbourne.
What is Canberra?
This mountain chain that runs through Russia separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This farming method, utilized by the Soviet Union, disincentivized working hard and caused a famine.
What is collectivized agriculture?
What is Chechnya?
This was the main reason why the United States government made Puerto Rico a commonwealth.
What is the Vietnam War?
These TWO attractions/types of tourism are the reason for the rapid expansion of New Zealand's tourism industry.
What are Lord of the Rings and adventure tourism?
There is a lot of this type of soil in Russia, but most of it is unattainable due to permafrost.
What is chernozem?
These TWO Russian terms were used by Gorbachev when he was implementing reform policies in the Soviet Union.
What are Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring)?
What are Armenia and Azerbaijan?
The majority of Canada's population lives in this region because of the warmer climate and proximity to the U.S.
What is the Canadian Ecumene?
This dark period of Australian history involved Aboriginal children being taken from their families.
What was the Stolen Generation?