Lesson 1
A range that separates European Russia from Asian Russia?
Ural Mountains
A shift of control from an individual or a company to a group called a collective.
Collectivization
Soviet secret police
KGB
Series of trade routes that crossed Asia
Silk Road
Traditional Storytellers
What two continents is Russia located on?
Europe and Asia
Who overthrew the Golden Horde by 1480?
Prince Ivan III
Russia is the second largest ____ exporting nation in the world.
Oil
Groups of people traveling together
Caravans
Unfair elections in which one group controls the results in order to gain power
Election fraud
What is European Russia's longest river?
Volga
Who won the Russia election in 2000?
Vladimir Putin
Who has Russia loaned money to help build nuclear reactors
Iran
Who conquered the region and made it part of the mongol empire?
Genghis Khan
What education was important to the communist economy of the Soviet Union>?
Basic
Body of public works a country needs to support a modern economy
Infrastructure
Russia's monarchy collapsed during what war?
WWI
Amount of money left after taxes are paid
Disposable income
What kin of warrior was Genghis Khan
Mongol Warrior
What was the major language in the Soviet education system, especially in secondary schools and in colleges?
Russian
Cold, dry conditions in parts of Siberia account for a type of low-lying vegetation called?
Tundra
These camps imprisoned people suspected of opposing Stalin's rule or his policies
Gulags
Keep it form being reported
Censor
Was the most notorious leader
Attila
Public display of group opinion, often a rally or march
Demonstration