East Europe Geography
East Europe History
Russian Geography
Russian History
Russian Society & Culture
100
Landform that connects two bodies of water together (manmade)
Canal
100
term used to describe the persistently political and territorial splintering and fracturing along cultural and ethnic (common traits and customs) lines.
Shatter-Belt
100
Mountain range that separates European Russian and Siberian/Asian Russia.
Ural Mountains
100
What the country of Russia was known as from 1917-1990.
The Soviet Union (USSR)
100
Black rich soil found in North European Plain
Chernozem
200
Rivers in Poland that provide transportation for industry.
Vistula and Oder River
200
Name of the Empire that invaded Eastern Europe and occupied from 1453-1918 and introduced the religion of Islam.
Ottoman Empire
200
boats that tow huge nets, large enough to catch a whale.
Super-trawler
200
Name of the book the inspired the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Communist Manifesto
200
Oldest lake in world (25 mil)
Deepest lake (5,715 ft.)
Holds ⅕ of all unfrozen freshwater on planet
“Galapagos of Russia”
Lake Baikal
300
What ocean connects Europe and Asia?
Black Sea
300
term used to describe long history of division in area and breaking of regions into smaller regions.
Balkanization
300
City in the Ukraine that a nuclear reactor exploded in a nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl
300
Which Russian leader led the "Golden Age of Russia"?
Catherine the Great
300
Biome characterized by expansive coniferous evergreen trees.
Boreal Forest/Taiga
400
terrain characteristic of limestone bedrock, rocky ground, caves, sinkholes and underground water.
Karst
400
After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from East Europe in 1990, what type of government and economic system to did countries transition to ________ and _________ from communism.
Democracy & Capitalism
400
Where Russia, among other countries, have newly discovered oil reserves.
Artic Circle
400
A country controlled by another country, notably Eastern European countries by the USSR after WWII.
Satellite
400
Where Russia invaded in 2013 and declared war on in 2022.
Crimea (Crimean Peninsula)/Ukraine
500
Name of the "plain" that is sandwiched between the Carpathian and Balkan Mountains.
Hungarian Plain.
500
What international organization stepped in during the Serbian-Bosnian ethnic conflict to end the fighting?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
500
Name of the RR that connects all of Russia.
Trans-Siberian RR
500
Russian Leader that brought about changes in the late 1980s to save Russia's economy.
Mikhail Gorbachev
500
a change to private ownership of state-owned companies and industries (vocabulary term)
Privatization