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Geo. Ch. 13 Flash Cards

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1
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What is linked to the Arctic Coast by the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and second largest city in Russia?

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  • St. Petersburg
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What is the main pacific port that is accessible year round thanks to huge icebreakers?

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  • Vladivostok
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What is the first Russian city?

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  • Novogorad
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Who was the first president of post-Communist Russia?

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  • Yeltsin
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Who was Russian dictator during World War 2?

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  • Stalin
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Who was the second president of post-Communist Russia?

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  • Putin
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Who was the first Russian ruler in 1547?

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  • Ivan the Terrible
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Who was the last ruler of the Soviet Union, responsible for the reforms that led to the fall of the Soviet Empire?

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  • Gorbachev
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Who led the 1917 Russian Revolution?

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  • Lenin
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Russia historically lacked ____ ____ ______ that has influenced its foreign policy?

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  • Warm water seaport
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What title refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917?

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  • Czar
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What was the name of the post World War 2 period of tension between Russia and America?

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  • Cold War
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What is the dominant religion in Russia?

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  • Russian Orthodox
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What is the name Russia and the other former Soviet republics assume after the fall of communism?

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  • Commonwealth of Independent States
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What is the new official name of the country of Russia?

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  • Russian Federation
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What massive fortress in Moscow represents Russian political power and influence?

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  • Kremlin
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What is the large, open space, once a marketplace, in which Lenin’s tomb is located?

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  • Red Square
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What is the Russian river that is the longest in Europe?

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  • The Volga River
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What mountain range divides European Russia from Asiatic Russia?

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  • Ural Mountains
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What peninsula in Pacific Russia includes 29 active volcanoes?

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  • Kamachatka
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What islands are a source of dispute between Russia and Japan?

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  • Kuril Islands
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What railroad links Russia’s European and Pacific ports?

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  • Trans-Siberian Railway
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What word means openness?

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  • Glasnost
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What is the name of the Russian executive branch, like the U.S. Vice President?

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  • Premier
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What city was known as Stalingrad during the Soviet Era?

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  • Volgograd
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What is the second most important river in Russia?

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  • Don River
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What is the vast grassland of Russia in the Black Earth region?

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  • Steppes
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Arctic Seaport

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  • Murmansk
29
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What is the fiercely independent nomads of Russia who were feared for their elite calvary?

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  • Cossacks`
30
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What are the great coniferous forests of Siberia?

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  • Taiga
31
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Breakaway republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991?

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  • Chechnya
32
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What is “special” about Siberia?

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  • Harsh climate
  • Have resources, but they freeze
  • Have high crime rate
33
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What are 3 strengths of Russia?

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  • Has a vast area of natural resources
  • Vladivostok is open year round
  • Has a democratic republic and economic reforms
34
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What are 3 weaknesses or Russia?

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  • Has cold water seaports
  • Bad stewards of their natural resources
  • Historic tendency to lean toward limited individual rights
35
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What is the legislature of Russia?

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  • The Federation Assembly (divided into 2 houses)
36
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What is the capital and largest city in Europe?

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  • Moscow
37
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How many countries does Russia border?

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  • 14
38
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Who created the USSR?

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  • Lenin
39
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What countries did the USSR seize?

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  • Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
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Oblast

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  • large region similar to a state or province, Russia has 50 of them
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Okrugs

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  • ten large, sparsely populated areas, mostly in the north
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How many of Russia’s krais’ are governed by Russia?

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  • six
43
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Volga-Baltic Seaway

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  • aided to help bring supplies in from the ocean
44
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Karelia

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  • flat glaciated plain north of St. Petersburg
45
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White-Sea Baltic Canal

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  • 141 mile wide that links the sea to the Volga-Baltic Highway
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Kola Peninsula

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  • lies north of Karelia
47
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Russia is the leading producer of ______

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  • nickel
48
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Kalinigrad

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  • Russia’s other port on the Baltic Sea
49
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Black Earth

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  • rich in hummus and nutrients, this is a productive land
50
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What is the highest of the Caucasus Mountains?

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  • Mount Elbrus
51
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Yekaterinburg

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  • named after Katherine 1st and Chelyabinsk; each have over 1,000,000 people
52
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Novosibirsk

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  • (New Siberia); about 50,000 people and is the largest city in SIberia
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Taymyr Peninsula

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  • lower north coast; the northernmost mainland area in the world
54
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Sakha

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  • largest Russian republic; has the world’s harshest climate of any inhabited area
55
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Autocrasts

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  • rulers who have established limits on their authority or power
56
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Autonomous Republic

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  • a self-governing republic

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