Final: Russia Flashcards
Political and economic philosophy arguing for government control of a nation’s property and production
Communism
Near polar region of Russia dominated by small plants and animals
Tundra
Economic philosophy arguing for private ownership and free market
Capitalism
Southern regions of Russia dominated by fertile grasslands
Steppe
Policy used by the collapsing Soviet Union for reconstructing economic systems
Perestroika
Policy used by the collapsing Soviet Union to allow open political debate
Glasnost
Title of Russian monarch
Czar/Tsar
Trade of illegal goods
Black market
Ukrainian term meaning “extermination by hunger” to describe the policy used by the Soviet gov against Ukraine
Holodomor
Northern region of Russia dominated by forests and this trees
Taiga
T/F: black market trade is rampant in Russia and is more prosperous than the legal market
True
T/F: the current nation of Mongolia was once ruled by Russia
True
T/F: the Mongolian Empire once ruled over the people of Russia
True
T/F: Permafrost is stable to build on
False
T/F: there’s several Russian ethnic groups in the northern Caucasus mountain region fighting for independence from the former Soviet Union
True
Although Siberia is inhospitable it has many..
Oil and other mineral resources
Where do most people in Russia live?
West (European side of Urals)
What physical feature represents the dividing line between Asia and Europe?
The Ural Mountains
Over the course of history the Russians have fought to defeat which 4 world powers?
Mongols, ottomans, Napoleon and Hitler
During what war did the communist revolution break out in Russia?
WWI
Political enemies of Russia gov. have been sent to labor camps in:
Siberia
Why does Siberia have little infrastructure?
Extreme climates
Largest religion in Russia?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Russian currency
Ruble
P5+1
Five permanent members of the UN (China, France, Russia, UK, US) plus Germany
Names country that has not been aided by dropping oil prices
Venezuela
Not an old energy assumption
Global market factors in North American production along with OPEC’s production
Drop of oil prices may force Russia and Iran to pull back support from what nation?
Syria
Surrendering a responsibility or authority
Abdicate
