Words to Know
The Russian work for Caesar, or a powerful ruler
What is a czar?
Moscow, Russia would best be described as this theme of Geography.
What is Location?
The capital of Russia is this city.
What is Moscow?
This sea borders the countries of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
What is the Baltic Sea?
These are the mountains that form the boundary between Europe and Asia.
What are the Carpathian Mountains?
An economic system built on the idea that all property should belong to the community or state, not to private individuals.
What is communism?
How people, goods, and information got to a location or area would best be described as this theme of geography.
What is Movement?
The capital city of Warsaw is in this country.
What is Poland?
This sea boarders Romania and the Ukraine.
What is the Black Sea?
Czar Alexander II abolished this in Russia in 1861.
What was serfdom?
Farm laborers who could be bought and sold along with the land.
What are serfs?
The area identified as Eastern Europe would best be identified as this theme of geography.
What is Region?
The countries of Albania, Bulgaria, Cxecholslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR came together to form the Warsaw pact in response to the creation of this group, made up of the United States and many non-Eastern European countries. This group was known by this name.
What is NATO?
This river runs through a large portion of Western Russia and empties into the Black Sea.
What is the Volga River?
The war between these two great world powers, where no armies engaged in mass conflict, but tensions were high over the fear of nuclear warfare is best known as this.
What is the Cold War?
Conflict among ethnic groups within a state, country, or region.
What is balkanization?
Dams that are put across a river to provide power would best be described as this theme of greography.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
These two countries were created at the end of WWII when the USSR and the Allies meet there.
What is East and West Germany?
This sea is landlocked and boarders Western Russia and Kazakhstan.
What is the Caspian Sea?
the dominant religion in most of Eastern Europe and Western Russia is called this.
What is Eastern Orthodox?
When a strong government surrenders its powers to more local authorities.
What is devolution?
The mountains, rivers, and towns in an area would best be described as this theme of greography.
What is Place?
While they had elections, Stalin installed communist governments and were known by one name or category.
What were Satellites?
This river begins in Germany and flows through several countries. Historically used for fishing, trade, power, and transportation, it empties into the Black Sea.
What is the Danube River?
the difference in experience and viewpoints between those who grew up in the Communist USSR and Russians of the post-Soviet era is referred to as this.
What is a generation gap?