Cultural Geography of Russia Flashcards
Self-rule:
Sovereignty.
Supreme ruler of Russia:
Czar.
A belief calling for greater economic equality:
Socialism.
A member of a revolutionary group led by Lenin.
Bolshevik.
Philosophy calling for a new society led by workers:
Communism.
A belief that there is no God.
Atheism.
The second largest religion in Russia:
Islam.
The religion of Tuva, Buryatia, and Kalmykia:
Buddhism.
Organized religious persecution.
Pogrom.
A general term for a major ethnic group:
Nationality
Government program that required people to speak Russian.
Russification.
Russia is the
- largest continent in the world
- second-largest country in the world
- largest country in the world
- country in Europe with the best highway system
largest country in the world.
The _____ is a layer of subsoil that is always frozen.
- frostsoil
- ice
- subarctic chernozem
- permafrost
permafrost
Pogroms were the planned persecution and massacre of
- Russian Jews
- Orthodox Christians
- communitsts
- immigrants from western Europe
Russian Jews
A sovkhoz was a
- large factory under the Soviet Union
- factory farm run by the Soviet government
- game preserve created for the exclusive use of the czars
- refugee camp during the civil war in Russia
factory farm run by the Soviet government.
The Volga River connects Moscow with which body of water?
- the Black Sea
- the Mediterranean Sea
- the Atlantic Ocean
- the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea
The _____ are one of the Turkic peoples in Russia.
- Chechens
- Dagestanis
- Tatars
- Serbs
Tatars
Who was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
- a painter who depicted Russian landscapes and people
- a writer who was punished by the Soviets
- a composer who wrote the Nutcracker Suite
- a dancer who performed with the Bolshoi Ballet
A writer who was punished by the Soviets.
What is the taiga?
- a huge lake in Siberia
- a resort area on the Baltic Sea
- an enormous region of forest land
- an exclusive section of Moscow
An enormous region of forest land.
The term tundra refers to a
- land with lush vegetation and a high agricultural yeild
- resort area in southern Russia with many lakes and streams
- dry, desolate desert in eastern Russia
- vast, treeless plain in the far north
Vast, treeless plain in the far north.
Prince Vladimir adopted _____ of Russia.
- Islam as the religion
- Orthodox Christianity as the religion
- Judaism as the religion
- Hinduism and Buddhism as official religions
Orthodox Christianity as the religion.
