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USSR

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Union of Socialist Soviet Republics

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czar

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leader of Russia pre-Bolshevik Revolution

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Cold War

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War of threats between USA and Russia

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command economy

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central govt. makes all major decisions, set prices

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collective farm

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government workers gathered to work large farms

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Silk Road

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Trade route between Russia and China

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yurt

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felt hut in which nomadic Russians lived

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Baltic Republics

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Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia

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Ural Mountains

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dividing line between Europe and Asia

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taiga

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forest south of the tundra

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republics of Central Asia

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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan

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continentiality

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the problems with having land too far away from the ocean

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

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connected Russia to Siberia, built from 1891-1903

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Caucasus

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in between Russia and Transcaucasia, straddles Caucasus Mts.

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Nagorno-Karabkh

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mountainous region of Azerbaijan, experienced war in 1990s

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Chechnya

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region in almost incessant conflict in mid 1990s

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privatization

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switching from a command to a private economy

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How would a nation move from a command economy to a private economy?

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selling govt.-owned businesses to citizens, establishing free-market prices

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“Why might ethnic tensions in the Caucasus be stronger than in other regions?
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Excerpt From: Daniel D. Arreola, Marci Smith Deal, James F. Petersen & Rickie Sanders. “Geography.” v2.0. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. iBooks.
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it is a melting pot of different cultures

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“What are some of the problems faced by economic reformers?”

Excerpt From: Daniel D. Arreola, Marci Smith Deal, James F. Petersen & Rickie Sanders. “Geography.” v2.0. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. iBooks.
This material may be protected by copyright.

Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=589713038

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govt. businesses were not profitable, economic crash in 1998

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