Geography 1 Flashcards
The mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian plains and used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
Ural Mountains
Black topsoil, one of the worlds most fertile soil.
Chernozem
The combined continent of Europe and Asia.
Eurasia
A region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; located between the Caucasus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran.
Transcaucasia
Region that includes the republics of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Central Asia
A region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea.
Continentality
A railroad that would eventually link Moscow to the pacific port of Vladivostok; built between 1891 and 1903
Trans-Siberian Railroad
The countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
Baltic Republics
The emperor of Russia
Czar
The revolt of 1917, in which the Russian communist party took control of the governments from the czars.
Russian Revolution
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War 2, called “cold” because it never escalated into open warfare.
Cold War
Type of economic system in which the production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production
Command economy
An enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalins reign.
Collective Farm
The name of the soviet unions army.
Red Army
Georgian ( Russian ) term for dinner party, with many dishes and courses, toasts, and short speeches
Supra
The 4,000 mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China.
Silk Road
A region that straddles the Caucasus Mountains and stretches between the Black and Caspian Seas
Caucasus Mountains
One of the republics that remains a part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union despite independence movements and violent upheaval.
Chechnya
The mountainous area of Azerbaijan, fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Nagorno-Karabakh
The selling of government-owned business to private citizens.
Privatization
A term referring to the concept that increasing distances between places tend to reduce interactions among them
Distance Decay
