vocabulary
cold war
russia
history
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100
Russian word for emperor
What is czar?
100
Lenin had complete control over the...
What is Soviet Union (U.S.S.R)?
100
country with one of the lowest standards of living in the Eurasian region
What is Uzbekistan?
100
Soviet Union had this economy where there is strong governmental control/regulation
What is command/communism?
100
Another name for U.S.S.R.?
What is the Soviet Union?
200
central government controls/owns everything
What is communism?
200
reason communism was welcomed by Russians
What is people thought they would have better standard of living?
200
lower standard of living--Western Europe or former Soviet Union countries
What is former Soviet countries?
200
Peter the Great changed Russia by bringing this to Russia
What is Western European ideas and culture?
200
system where all economic and social activity are controlled by one leader and the government
What is communism/command?
300
40 year standoff between the US/Soviet Union
What is the Cold War?
300
Berlin Wall, Korean War, Vietnam War....
What is major events of the Cold War?
300
in 1991, former Soviet countries became...
What is independent?
300
during the Cold War, more communist or "non" communist countries....
What is "non" communist?
300
in theory, promotes equal distribution of goods/services
What is command/communism?
400
economic system that dominated Soviet Union from 1917-1991
What is communism?
400
one of reasons (not economics) for the collapse of the Soviet Union
What is internal problems of its own?
400
reason people live in western part of Russia
What is climate and natural resources allow for humans to settle?
400
"other ethnicities in Russia did not embrace communism. This caused problems for the Soviet Union." --this helped lead to....
What is collapse of the Soviet Union?
400
loosely regulated by the government
What is market/economy?
500
another word that means dictatorship
What is authoritarian?
500
many political cartoons during the Cold War showed this "fear" about the Soviet Union?
What is that the Soviet Union would try and take over the world?
500
economic system in Russia today where individual ownership is allowed
What is market/capitalism?
500
Berlin Wall falls, free elections in Czechoslovakia, communist party loses power are all examples of what kind of problems the Soviet Union faced?
What is internal problems?
500
Peter the Great, Lenin, Stalin, Catherine The Great are all characterized as this type of leader--another word for dictator
What is authoritarian?