Physical Geography and Environmental Issues
What is Podzol Soils?
"acidic soils"
-It limits the region's ability to support a productive agricultural economy.
What are mikrorayons?
Large, Soviet-era housing projects.
-Typically massed blocks of standardized apartments, 9-24 stories high.
Name atleast three languages found in Eurasia.
What is the crisis in Ukraine?
Ukraine has been divided, politically unstable state, torn between its longtime political and economic connections with Russia and a desire to forge a stronger relationship with NATO and the EU
Human trafficking is a persistent problem in places like Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova, and the rural districts of Russia. True or false.
True. These places are major sources of young women forced into prostitution in Europe and the Middle East. It is a multibillion-dollar business, involving a large-scale participation of organized crime in hundreds of thousands of young women.
What did the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent opening of Eurasia to international public examination reveal?
Some of the world's most severe environmental degradation. -Air and Water Pollution -The Nuclear Threat
What is President Putin in Russia doing about the population loss?
Families receive subsidies for a firstborn child, and mothers of multiple children receive cash payments, extended maternity leave, and extensive day-care subsidies.
What is Cossacks?
Slavic-speaking Christians who had earlier migrated to the region seeking freedom in the ungoverned steppes.
What is an example of a Russian challenge to civil liberties?
Protesters demanded a freer press, more democracy, more open elections, in a broader commitment to economic growth. They have criticized Putin strong arm leadership style and his increasingly close ties to the siloviki, members of the nationals military and security forces
What is centralized economic planning?
The state-controlled production targets in industrial output. The Soviets emphasized heavy basic industries rather than consumer goods.
Name three environmental issues in Eurasia.
-Chernobyl
-Novaya Zemlya
-Siberian Permafrost
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
Key railroad passage to the Pacific.
-The eastbound traveler encounters Omsk as the rail line crosses the Irtysh River, Novosibirsk at its junction with the Ob River, and Irkutsk near Baikal.
In what way is Moscow changing foodways?
They have experienced a profound transformation since the old days of the Soviet Union.
-Western-style fast food is popular among most urban residents.
What are the complicated regional political relationship challenges in Russia in both the east and the West?
In the east, Russia is working to build a closer political relationship with China to counter flattering ties to Europe. In the West, Russia worries about the expansion of NATO, especially into Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
What came from the post-Soviet era that brought a great deal of economic uncertainty to the region?
Russia's government initiated a massive program to transform its economy, opening some economic sectors to more private initiative and investment.
Name an animal going extinct and the efforts of trying to attempt to save this species.
Amur Leopards
-Land of the Leopard National Park, Russia
What is Russification?
A Soviet policy of settling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union.
-Millions of Russians were given economical and political incentives to move elsewhere in the Soviet Union in order to increase Russian dominance in many outlying portions of the country.
The native people in central and northern Siberia are facing challenges such as ...
Rural linguistic people remain distinct from dominant European Cultures in localities poor.
-They are divided into unrelated linguistic groups.
-Native people are being subjected to the pressure of cultural and political assimilation
How has vitamer Putin centralized political power in the country of Russia?
He served two terms as president and one term as Prime Minister; then was reelected for a six-year term as president in March 2012 and again in March 2018. Putin pushed for strong economic growth orientated around Russia's energy economy and reasserted Russia's political and military role, both in the world stage and as a dominant regional power.
What are some problems of health care and alcoholism within Eurasia?
Mortality rates for Russian men remain high one in three Russian men die before retirement. Cardiovascular disease often related to a high-fat diet and physical inactivity is an acute contributor to these elevated death rates. Smoking also remains widely popular, 54% of physicians smoke. HIV/AIDs is also a major problem. More than four more than 9 million Russians live with this disease, and effective antiviral treatments are not widely available or accepted in the country that faces the fastest-growing HIV/AID epidemic in Europe.
Alcohol use across the region remains far above the global annual average of about 6 liters. Russians consume more than 15 liters of pure alcohol per person annually, and these estimates are probably low.