Chs 15,16,17

Question 0

Ural Mountains

Answer 0

the mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian Plains and is used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia

Question 1

Chernozem

Answer 1

black topsoil; one of the Earth’s most fertile soil

Question 2

Eurasia

Answer 2

The landmass of Europe and Asia

Question 3

Transcaucasia

Answer 3

a region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; located between the Caucus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran

Question 4

Central Asia

Answer 4

a region that includes the republics of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Question 5

Siberia

Answer 5

a region of Central and Eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean; known for its mineral recourses and and for being a place of political exile

Question 6

Continentality

Answer 6

a regions distance from the moderating influence of the ocean

Question 7

taiga

Answer 7

largest forest on Earth

Question 8

runoff

Answer 8

rainfall not absorbed by the ground thar runs into streams and rivers

Question 9

Trans- Siberian Railroad

Answer 9

a railroad that links Moscow to the port of Vladivostok

Question 10

Baltic Republics

Answer 10

the countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the Eastern Coast of the Baltic Sea

Question 11

czar

Answer 11

the emperors of Russia before the USSR

Question 12

Russian Revolution

Answer 12

the revolt of 1917, in which the Russian Communist Party, led by V.I. Lennin, took control of the government from the czars

Question 13

USSR

Answer 13

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union, formed in 1922 by the Communists and officially dissolved in 1991

Question 14

Cold War

Answer 14

the conflict between the uS and USSR after WWII, called “cold” because it never escalated into open warfare

Question 15

Command Economy

Answer 15

one in which the central gov. makes all the important economic decisions

Question 16

Collective Farms

Answer 16

an enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered together during Stalin’s reign

Question 17

Red Army

Answer 17

the name of the Soviet Union’s army

Question 18

Supra

Answer 18

Georgian term for dinner party, with many dishes and courses, toasts, and short speeches

Question 19

Silk Road

Answer 19

a 4,00 mille route between China and the Med. Sea, named mostly for the costly silk acquired in China

Question 20

Great Game

Answer 20

a struggle between the British force and the Russian Empire for control of Central Asia in the 19th Century

Question 21

nomads

Answer 21

people with no permanent home

Question 22

yurts

Answer 22

nomad’s tents

Question 23

Caucus

Answer 23

a region that straddles the Caucus Mountains and stretches between the Black and Caspian Seas

Question 24

Chechnya

Answer 24

one of the republics that remains parts of Russia after the collapse of the USSR despite independence movements and violent upheaval; has experiences the most violence

Question 25

Nagorno-Karabakh

Answer 25

the mountainous area of Azerbaijan, fought over by Armenia and Azerbijan

Question 26

Privitazation

Answer 26

the selling of government-owned business to private citizens

Question 27

distance decay

Answer 27

a term referring to the concept that increasing distances between places tend to reduce interactions among them