Russia

Question 0

Uralic Mountains

Answer 0

The mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian plain and used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia

Question 1

Chernozem

Answer 1

Black topsoil, one of the world’s most fertile soils.

Question 2

Eurasia

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The combined continent of Europe and Asia

Question 3

Transcaucasia

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A region that consists of the republics of Georgia, Armania, Azerbaijan.located between Caucasus Mountains and borders of turkey and Iraq.

Question 4

Central Asia

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Region including Kazakhstan, Tajikristan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Question 5

Siberia

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A region between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Known for mineral resources and political exile.

Question 6

Continentality

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A region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea.

Question 7

Taiga

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A long evergreen coniferous forest in the Northern Hemisphere, North America and Eurasia

Question 8

Runoff

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Rainfall not absorbed by soil

Question 9

Trans- Siberian Railroad

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A railroad connecting Moscow to Vladivostok. Built between 1891-1903.

Question 10

Baltic Republics

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Latvia, Ethiopia, and Lithuania.

Question 11

Czar

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Emperor of Russia before the Revolution

Question 12

Russian Revolution

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Revolt by Russian Communist party led by Lenin.

Question 13

USSR

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Soviet Union

Question 14

Collective Farm

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A large farm where many laborers worked during Stalins reign

Question 15

Command Economy

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A type of Economy where the production of goods and services is determined by a central government.

Question 16

Cold War

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Conflict between US and Soviet Union after WW2

Question 17

Red Army

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Soviet Union’s Army

Question 18

Supra

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A dinner party.

Question 19

Silk Road

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4000 mile route between China and the Mediterranian that traded silk.

Question 20

Great game

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The struggle between Brittain and Russia for Central Asia.

Question 21

Nomads

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Homeless people

Question 22

Yurts

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A tent of central Asia’s nomads

Question 23

Yurts

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A tent of Central Asia’s nomads

Question 24

Caucasus

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A region between the Black and Caspian Sea

Question 25

Chechnya

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One of the republics of Russia after fall of the Soviet Union and despite conflicts

Question 26

Nagorno-Karabakh

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The mountainous area of Azerbiajan, fought over by Armania and Azerbiajan

Question 27

Privatation

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The selling of a government owned business to private citizens

Question 28

Distance decay

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More distance between places, the less interaction

Question 29

Ivan

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Ivan the Terrible, First czar of Russian, name given because of harsh treatment with boyars and others who he thought plotted against him.

Question 30

Peter

Answer 30

Peter the Great, made Soviet Union westernized, made capital in St. Petersburg,