Chapter Four Test 6th 2nd semester Final Flashcards
Define inflation
General increase in prices
Define Tsar
Russian Ruler
Define clan
group of familes with common ancestors
Define econimic oligacrchy
A small group of people who control countries economy and influence the government.
Define collectiization
a shift of control from an individual or a company to a group called a collective
Define Bolsheviks
-Revolutionaries in Russia
Define Sanctions
actions that attempt to force a country to follow international law
Define commusism
was of organizing a society in which there is no private property in an authoritarian government owns the things to make and move products
what is glasnost
the policy or practice of a more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information (openness led to greater freedom of speech)
What is perestroika
the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system (restructuring provided freer markets)
what is Permafrost
permanently frozen soil
Taiga
thick forest of carnofires trees that cover much of Siberia
Tundra
area with limited vegetation such as moss and shrubs due to its climate of cool summers and cold winters
Authoritarian government
a government in which all power is held by a single person or small group who has not been chosen through a free and fair election.
Militants
someone who is aggressively active in a cause
Green Revolution
Increase in agricultural production created by improved technology
Aral Sea
a large saltwater lake in central aisa that evaporated
How were ideas spread along the Silk Road?
traders shared ideas as they traveled
How did Catherine the Great and Michael Romanov change Russia
Cathrine expanded Russia’s territory and Michal increased contact with western Eroupe
What caused conditions to worsen in Russia during WWI
peasants had to leave to fight leaving no one to farm the land and so food producion dcreased and prices inflated a lot
What influences Kiev culture
Byzantine culture
Which religion did Vladimir I adopt from the Byzantines
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Russia’s lasting dependence on agriculture and serf labor caused what to happen
Russia fell behind many euorpean countries
Why was St Petersburg chosen as Russia’s capita
offerd acsecs to western europe and its knowledge