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Name 4 main regions of Russia

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Russian Core
Southeastern Frontier
Siberia
The Russian Far East

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List 2 major geographic qualities

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largest land area; northern populated country

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Name the 3 countries of Transcaucasia

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Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

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Name 5 countries of Turkestan, The Central Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union

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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

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Which countries are part of the Russian Transition Zone?

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Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

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Name 6 countries, 4 of which are along a large part of the western border of Russia, that were Soviet Republics.

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Russian Soviet Federated Republic
Belorussian
Meldovian
Ukranian Soviet Socialist Republic
Transcaucasian
Central Asia
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What is the northern boundary of Russia?

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Arctic Ocean

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What three seas form the eastern boundary of Russia?

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Bering, Sea of Okhotsk, East Sea

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Name 8 countries that stretch along Russia’s southern boundary

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Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Turkey

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List the 10 countries that share a border with Russia.

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Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria

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List the 8 physiographic regions of Russia

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Russian Plain, Ural Mountains, West Siberian Plain, Central Siberian Plateau, Yakutsk Basin, Eastern Highlands, Central Asian Ranges, Caucasus Mountains

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Name the 3 major Rivers of the Russian Core

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Volga, Don, Dnieper

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Which major river flows from the Ural Mountains?

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Ural

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What direction do all of the four rivers of the Russian Core and the Ural Mountains generally flow?

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Southwest

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Name the four major rivers of Siberia and the Yakutsk Basin

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Lena, Ob, Yenisey, Irtysh

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Which direction do the four rivers of Siberia and the Yakutsk Basin generally flow

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north

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Name the 3 major rivers of the Eastern Highlands and Far East

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Amur, Kolyma, Ussuri

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How many D climates in Russia

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7

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What do the Russians call their Coniferous forest?

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Taiga Forests

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What is the region of short-prairie grasses called?

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Russian Steppe

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The region of short-prairie grasses generally is the same as the…

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Fertile Triangle

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4 major coalfields in Russia:

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Bureya River, Komi Region,Kuzbas, and Moscow Basin

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What major coalfield lies in the Russian Transition Zone?

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Qaraghandy in Kazahkstan

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Name the 2 major areas of iron deposits in Russia

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Kursk Magnetic Anomaly and Magnetogorsk

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name the 11 oil and natural gas regions in Russia
Volga-Urals, West Siberia, Baltic Germany, Barrents Sea, Central Asia, East Siberia, Kara Sea, Lena-Tunguska, North Cauceous Sakhalin
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During the 1917 Revolution, who were the Bolsheviks?
Red (communist)
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During the 1917 Revolution, who were the Mensheviks?
White (another group for people)
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Who was the political and economic architect of the Bolshevik revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
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Who's philosophies did Vladimir Lenin bring to Russia?
Karl Marx
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Vladimir Lenin talked about the right of...
self-determination for the nationalities
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Russification
getting rid of other cultures other than the 'russian culture'
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List some of the cultural, linguistic, and religious groups that had not been 'russified' by 1917
Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Jewish
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3 steps of Russification
Subjugation, acculturation, relocation
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aprx. how many nationalities were within the Soviet population
108
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how many soviet republics were there in 1926
6
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how many soviet republics were there at the end of the Soviet Republic?
15
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Which republic was considered the nucleus of the Soviet Union?
Russia
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Russia was __% of the land mass of the Soviet Union
77
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What language was taught in the schools of all the republics
Russian
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2 main objectives of Soviet Planners
Industrialization accelerated and collectivize agriculture
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Acronym for the National Planning Commission
GOSPLAN
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huge state-run Soviet farm
Sovkhaz
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Smaller-scale collective farm
Kolkhoz
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How successful were the Soviet planners in achieving their objectives?
Excellent in industrialization | poor in ag
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list 5 major signs showing that in 1985 the Soviet economic, political, and social systems were coming apart
costly military debacle, soviet arms build-up unaffordable, food imports costly, democracy in East Europe, breakdown of infrastructure
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Glasnot
openness of USSR
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perestroika
Restructuring of USSR
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what happened to the 6 western republics of the former Soviet Union?
5 of 6 looking west to improve socio-economic status - Belarus constitutionally linked to Russia
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which of the western republics of the former Soviet Union are likely to maintain close ties to Russia?
parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia
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What were Mikhail Gorvachev's achievements as the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Replaced some of the 'old guard' began to open and restructurize
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what did the Russian Federative Treaty of March 1992 accomplish?
To create a fair distribution of power between Russia and its Republics
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current population
140 million
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Russia is currently divided into how many republics?
25
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Purpose of creating the Federal Districts
To diminish the influence of the Republicst Region
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What are the prospects for resolution of Russia's internal problems?
The size of its country and the bringing regions together
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Which internal republic has been fighting for its independence from Russia since 1991?
Chechnya
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Russia's largest internal republic is...
Far Eastern
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Name the internal republic in European Russia that boasts at being Europe's only Buddhist state
Kalmykiya
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Who is the current president of Russia
Vladimir Putin
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What is the major function of the middle and lower Volga River?
Lifeline of Russia (water link to Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas)
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What makes the Urals Region a natural for industrial development?
East-West transportation easy
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What did the Kuzbas originally swap coal for with the Urals?
Iron Ore
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Name the Kuzbas' leading city
Novosikirst
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One of the oldest Russian towns
Tomsk
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Major city served by a number of yenisey river dams and hydroelectric projects
Irkutsk
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How large is the land area of Siberia?
Larger than USA
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Approximately how many people live in Siberia?
15 million
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5 ways in which Siberia symbolizes the environmental plight of Russia
vast distances, cold, difficult terrain, poor soils, limited options for survival
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7 resources of Siberia
Bauxite, Iron Ore, Natural Gas, Oil, Diamonds, Precious Metals, Gold
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How have Siberian rivers been put to use?
Hydroelectricity
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BAM
Baykal-Amur Mainline Rail Road
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incentives that were offered by the Soviet government to promote eastward migration
financial (higher salaries) and housing (better housing)
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Where is Transcaucasia located
South of Russia within Caucsus Mountains
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Why is Transcaucasia called the Balkans of Asia
Historical Background
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What countries are located in Transcaucasia?
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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Name the political capital of Armenia
Lerevan
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Political Capital of Azerbaijan
Baki
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political capital of Georgia
Toilese
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Religious preferences expresses by most people living in each country
Christian, Shiite, Muslim
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current prospects for political stability in this area
Religion and land/region
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Which one of the Transcaucasian countries has huge oil and natural gas reserves?
Azerbaijan
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What natural phenomenon frequently wreaks havoc on Armenia?
Earthquakes
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3 regions of Georgia
Abkhazia, Adjara, South Ossetia

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