Russia and Republics

Question 1

Sub-Arctic Climate Location Factors

Answer 1

1. Cold Ocean Currents
2. Continentality
   3, Rain shadow of the HImilayas

Question 2

Effects of irrigation in Central Asia

Answer 2

Dried out Aral Sea because people used up the Amu Darya river for irrigation, but Uzbekistan was able to be the 4th largest producer of cotton in the world.

Question 3

Taiga

Answer 3

Largest forest ever, in Siberia
Coniferous forest (size of Europe)
Taiga stretches through all the Subartic Climate

Question 4

Lake Baikal

Answer 4

1. 1 mile deep and 20% of all unfrozen fresh water, formed by plate tectonics
2. It has a tiny outlet which gives it fresh water, Only certain species live in Lake Baikal
3. mud= 5 miles deep

Question 5

Trans- Siberian Railroad

Answer 5

1. primary mode of transportation

2. Because you can’t have roads most people take the train and their goods are exported.

Question 6

Autarky

Answer 6

countries tries to produce all the goods that it needs

Question 7

Russia’s Autarky

Answer 7

with out efficiency, competition, and production quality was bad

Question 8

Perestroika

Answer 8

The “restructuring” of the soviet command economy and government

Question 9

McDonald’s in Moscow success

Answer 9

1, finally got an efficient service that takes currency

2. better food compared to Russia’s food
3. hoping McDonald’s enthusiasm would rub off on other buisnesses
4. Soviet Union got more attention
5. more money to Russia’s company (The pickle king)

Question 10

Glasnost

Answer 10

creating greater openness and transparency with government

Question 11

Political life in the Soviet Union

Answer 11

1. Became a totalitarian state led by Lenin
2. Joseph Stalin took over when Lenin died
3. Russian spread to non-Russian ethnic groups

Question 12

Economic life in the Soviet Union

Answer 12

1. Gov ran large state farms

2. Policy of autarky

Question 13

Social life in the Soviet Union

Answer 13

1. gulgags- labor camps
2. Soviet leaders tried to stop religous worship
3. people who disagreed with communist leaders were jailed

Question 14

Political life in Independent States

Answer 14

1. old and unemployed people had no safety net
2. income gap increased, public health declined
3. more crime because of placing buisnesses in private hands

Question 15

Economic life in the Independent States

Answer 15

1. Factorized and transportation needed to be modernized
2. corrupt officials and managers should be replaced
3. Courts should be able to force payment of debts

Question 16

Independent states wrap up

Answer 16

They are having more issues because the gov was very hands on, so no one knew what to do when there was competition, and everything was inefficient

Question 17

Czar

Answer 17

emperor

Question 18

Bolsheviks

Answer 18

Led by Vladamir Lenin, wants to remake Russia using the ideas of a German philosopher

Question 19

Soviet Nuclear Legacy

Answer 19

The Soviets tested over 300 nuclear weapons in the polygon, even though people lived their

Question 20

Genetic Passports

Answer 20

Passports if you are allowed to have children, even though you were affected by the polygon

Question 21

Rapid Privatization

Answer 21

1. Rise of Oligarchs
2. Industries were sold at a low cost to those connected in old soviet system and the people with political power bought the stuff
3. 110 Billionaires control 35% of the wealth
4. huge income gap

Question 22

Remove price controls

Answer 22

1. rise of underground economy and crime
2. inflation
3. prices were too high so people went to the black market

Question 23

Russia’s dependence on natural resources

Answer 23

1. economy in deep recession
2. Econ. sanctions by the US and EU as a result of Conflict in Ukraine
3. Russia’s budget was based on $100 a barrel but right now oil is being sold by $30.

Question 24

inflation

Answer 24

increase in price due to the fall in value in money

Question 25

Shock therapy

Answer 25

shock in system

1. remove price controls
2. rapid privarization

Question 26

Vladimir Putin

Answer 26

Rising authoritarian

Question 27

Devolution Forces

Answer 27

1. Russia’s minority groups saw opportunity for autonomy

2. Chechens violenty for its independence

Question 28

Chechnya

Answer 28

Russia fought violently to keep Chechnia because Russia doesn’t want other ethnic groups to break away.

Question 29

Declining population

Answer 29

Increase in drug and alcohol abuse because of poor economic conditions

Question 30

Russian Cross

Answer 30

Birthrate dropped and death rate rose

Question 31

Putin maintaining power over Oligarchs

Answer 31

1. Putin had a meeting with the Oligarchs
2. Kornockosvy (richest man) , was a political threat and somehow got a arrested and his money was given to Putin
3. Oligarchs wanted an Authoritarian

Question 32

corruption

Answer 32

1. supposed to get food for Moscow but people got nothing a Putin kept the money instead
2. Putin was good friends with the chancellor of Germany were good friends and when their was an investigation between Russia and Germany it was dismissed
3. because of controlled election, Putin can be pres ident until 2024

Question 33

Causes of Ukranian conflict

Answer 33

1. Crimea has an ethnic russian majority (59%)
2. Russia was afraid to lose Ukraine because they signed with the EU. Russia would loose a quality economic ally
3. If Ukraine joined the EU and it kept spreading then Russia might have to loose allys or join the EU