What were the intellectual elite in the Soviet Union called?
What is intelligentsia?
100
A philosophy calling for greater economic equality in society is____________
What is socialism?
100
permanently frozen subsoil
What is permafrost?
100
Most of the population of Russia lives
What is between the Ural Mountains and Europe on the Northern European plain?
200
This person led the Bolsheviks and set up communist government for the new country of the USSR
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
What is the belief that there is no God or other supreme being?
What is atheism?
200
a group that shares a common ancestry, language, religion, or customs
What is ethnic group?
200
The rich black soil that supports grain production and farming
What is chernozem?
200
What was Kievan Rus?
What is a union of city-states that was established in early Russian history?
300
this person became president of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
300
What was the struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States for world influence after WWII until the end of the Soviet Union called?
What is the Cold War?
300
An organized persecution and massacres of Jewish people under the czars is a
What is pogrom?
300
huge area that contains coniferous forests
What is the Taiga?
300
The ______ River, also known as the Matushka ________, is important for transportation and hydroelectric power in Russia.
What is the Volga?
400
Who modernized Russia and developed trade with Europe
Who is Peter the Great?
400
What is a style of art and literature that glorified communism and Soviet ideals and goals?
What is social realism?
400
the effect of extreme variations in temperature in an interior area is called
What is continentality?
400
Mikhail Gorbachev instituted a policy of _____________, or economic restructuring and reform in 1985.
What is perestroika?
400
Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and its location on the Pacific coast could be a big hint that the Kamchatka Peninsula is located on the _________
What is Ring of Fire?
500
Who led the Soviet Union after Lenin using fear and killing those who opposed him?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
500
What is country once controlled by the Soviet Union called?
What is a satellite?
500
Large grassland area climate zone
What is steppe?
500
The ideas of this person are the basis communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
500
Three of the primary ethnic groups found in Russia are?