geography "Transcaucasia"

Question 0

what religions do most people belong to

Answer 0

Christian

Muslim

Question 1

how many different groups of people live in Transcaucasia and why

Answer 1

50

there are so many trade routes

Question 2

What are the oldest Christian states

Answer 2

Armenia

Georgia

Question 3

What state has the greatest majority of Muslims

Answer 3

Azerbaijan

Question 4

What year did the czar add Transcaucasia to the Russian empire

Answer 4

1870s

Question 5

What year did the red army take control of the region for the soviet union

Answer 5

1920s

Question 6

When did Transcaucasia regain political independence

Answer 6

1991

Question 7

What group produces famous wines

What do they use to produce this wine

Answer 7

Georgians

Grapes cultivated along the black sea

Question 8

What industry is most important to the region

Answer 8

Oil

Question 9

What state holds most of the oil

Answer 9

Azerbaijan

Question 10

What rate in this region is among the highest in the world

Why is this

Answer 10

Literacy rates

The educational programs of the Soviet Union

Question 11

What does Central Asia consist of

Answer 11

Kazakstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

Question 12

Who struggled for control of the region in the 19th century

Answer 12

British and Russian empires

Question 13

Who did both the Russian and British empires recruit

Answer 13

Daring young officers who made journeys in disguise

Question 14

Who seized control between the British and Russian empires

When

Answer 14

Russia

End of the 19th century

Question 15

When did scientist explode nuclear devices
Where was it
How many did they explode

Answer 15

Between 1949 and 1989
Kazakhstan
470

Question 16

How many people were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation

Answer 16

Over a million

Question 17

People with no permanent home

Answer 17

Nomads

Question 18

What area is ideal for nomadic people

Answer 18

The expansive grasslands of Central Asia

Question 19

What is among the most valuable possessions of the nomads

Answer 19

Their tents (yurts)

Question 20

The countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

Answer 20

Baltic republics

Question 21

What counties make up the Baltic republics

Where are they located

Answer 21

Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea

Question 22

The emperor of Russia prior to the Russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent creation of the Soviet Union in 1922

Answer 22

Czar

Question 23

The revolt of 1917, in which the Russian communists party, led by V.I. Lenin, took control of the government from the czars

Answer 23

Russian revolution

Question 24

Formed in 1922 by the communists and officially dissolved in 1991

Answer 24

USSR

Question 25

The conflict between the USA and the Soviet Union after WWII, called this because it never escalated into open warfare

Answer 25

Cold War

Question 26

a type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production

Answer 26

Command economy

Question 27

An enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin's reign

Answer 27

Collective farm

Question 28

The name of the soviet union's military

Answer 28

Red army

Question 29

Who's reign did collective farms come together during

Answer 29

Joseph Stalin

Question 30

The 4000-mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China

Answer 30

Silk Road

Question 31

A tent of Central Asia's nomads

Answer 31

Yurt

Question 32

What did the Silk Road contribute to

Answer 32

The growth of magnificent trading cities such as Samarguand

Question 33

What did the people say happened after they replaced the old system

Answer 33

There is a vacuum

Question 34

What has the test for many leaders been

Answer 34

how to preserve law and order without returning to the undemocratic rule of the Soviet era

Question 35

What state in the USA is the Caucasus about the size of

Answer 35

California

Question 36

What republic that remained part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union has experienced the worst violence

Answer 36

Chechnya

Question 37

What happened to Chechnya after Russia invaded it twice in the 1900s

Answer 37

it caused over 100,000 casualties

Question 38

What happened in March 2010 in Chechnya | Who were named responsible

Answer 38

Bombs exploded in a Moscow subway killing or injuring dozens Widows of Chechen

Question 39

Who fought over a mountain range and what is the name of it

Answer 39

Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh

Question 40

How long did the fighting over the territory last | Who won in the end

Answer 40

On and off for 6 years | Armenia

Question 41

How much did the price of many goods increase by

Answer 41

250%

Question 42

What happened by the end of the 20th century

Answer 42

over 60% of the country's workforce worked in the private sector by the end of the 20th century

Question 43

What happened by the end of the 1990s

Answer 43

Nearly 40% of the Russian population lived far below the poverty line

Question 44

What did the government estimate in 1998

Answer 44

That organized criminals controlled 40% of private companies and 60% of state-owned enterprises