L1: Russia Emerges
Russian rulers were named this in the 1800s and early 1900s
Tsar
This is a way of organizing a society in which there is no private property and everyone is the same.
Communism
This region is too cold and not good for farmland and has a small population
Siberia
Russia’s most dependent on goods
Oil and Natural Gas
This major body of water was drastically reduced in size over the last 70 years
The Aral Sea
this person was known for expanding Russia’s territory. They ruled Russia in 1762
Catherine the Great
Russia’s most important export
Oil
a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.
Permafrost
when a country controlled by one or more people with not a fair election
Authoritative Government
This new approach brought a new dramatic increase in farm output
The Green Revolution
This group conquered much of China, Central Asia, and southern Siberia in the early 1200
The mongols
Boris Yeltsin become the first president of Russia in this year
1991
This language is what most people speak in Central Asia
Turkic
Russia has an abundance of what natural resource that does not require drilling for extraction
Timber
These are people who are aggressively active in a cause
Militants
This trade route Brought new ideas and developments to Russia
The Silk Road
Openness /greater freedom of speech is also known as this in Russia
glasnost and perestroika
how did permafrost affect settlement in Russia
People struggle to live in regions impacted by permafrost
a market within a country is called what
Internal Market
In 2010 what happened between the Uzbeks and the Kyrgyz people
Violent engagements took place aka wars
The tsars troops attacked protesters on this day that became known as Bloody Sunday in what country and year?
This person was the pro-Russian president of Ukraine in 2013
Viktor Yanukovich
give an example of a country in northern Eurasia that has corruption
Russia
This Russian President has been in power over 16 years
Vladimir Putin
Where was Rosa otunbayeva born
She was born in soviet Kyrgyzstan