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The black fertile soil that is found in the Northern European Plain.
What is Chernozem?
100
Vast cold region in Russia that has many valuable resources.
What is Siberia?
100
Major railway that carries people across Siberia.
What is Trans Siberian Railroad.
100
Allows people to move oil over long distances.
What are pipelines?
100
Most densely populated area of Russia
What is Western Russia?
200
the Spread of ideas, technology, and traditions from one culture to another.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
200
Largest mountain range in Europe that keeps warm air from getting to Siberia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
200
Economy where government controls all major decisions including what and how much to produce.
What is Command Economy
200
Increased usage of irrigation has led to the shrinking of this Russian Sea.
What is Aral Sea?
200
Russia is moving away from a command economy toward this.
What is Free Market Economy?
300
Type of traditional housing used by nomads in Central Asia for many years
What is a yurt?
300
Forest located in Russia that produces so much oxygen we could not live without it.
What is the Taiga?
300
Economic system where the people determine what and how much to produce.
What is a capitalist economy.
300
led to farms have becoming larger.
What is advanced technology?
300
Russia leader who built the Winter Palace
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
Element used to generate power at Chernobyl.
What is uranium?
400
Region in the Caucasus Mountains that used to be a part of the Soviet Union.
What is Transcaucasia?
400
As economies develop they move from cottage industries to....
What is commercial industries?
400
Colorful church with onion domes commissioned by Ivan the Terrible
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?
400
Russian leader during World War 2
Who is Stalin?
500
the shape and texture of the land
What is terrain?
500
Region where most crops in Europe are grown.
What is the North European Plain?
500
Economic system where people do things the way they have always done them.
What is traditional economy?
500
Region rich in oil resources that are difficult to extract due to the extreme climate
What is Siberia?
500
What advantage did Russia have in the Olympics and other sports?
What is government support?