Eastern Europe Flashcards
What is permafrost?
A think subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year.
What is a steppe?
A large area of flat grassland.
What is a tundra?
Cold treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic
What is Taiga?
Forest in cold, subarctic region.
Ural Mountains mark the traditional boundary between ?
Europe Russia and Asia Russia
Why was Chernobyl a global event?
Radiation spread across most of the globe.
What is NOT part of Siberia’s climate?
Tropical
What was the period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Bolshevik Revolution
4 common reasons for border conflict
- Ethnic Rivalries
- Religious Differences
- Disagreement over ownership
of land - Natural resources
What group came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Communists
Supreme Rulers of Russia were known as?
Czars
What happened after the 1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union?
Nuclear safety standards were improved and dangerous plants were shut down.
During the Cold War, several countries in the Eastern Bloc were nominally independent, but were also under economic, political, and military control of the Soviet Union. These countries are known as __________.
Satellite Nations
During the Soviet era, the government actively promoted what set of beliefs?
Atheism
Which of the following nations is considered stateless?
Kurds
