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Russia and the Stans Flashcards

Russia physical features and political event, information on the Stans

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Natural hazards in Russia

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permafrost, volcanoes, earthquakes

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A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Siberia

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Mountain range that separates Europe from Asia

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Ural Mountains

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*Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
*nations never directly confronted each other, but threats went on for years

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Cold War

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Competition of space exploration between US and USSR

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Space Race

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Competition between nations to have the most guns and nuclear bombs

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Arms Race

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Central Asia with a Russian influence - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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Stans

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*Camel herding
*4th largest natural gas reserves in the world

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Characteristics of Turkmenistan

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*Most populated red sands desert
*Aral sea is shrinking

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Uzbekistan

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*Smallest of the Stans
*Lots of glaciers and water sources

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Tajikistan

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*Revolutions and riots

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Kyrgyzstan

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*Largest of the Stans
*Falconry is popular
*export oil and natural gas

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Kazakhstan

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A mountain range along the northern border of India

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Hindu Kush

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River that flows north to the Arctic Ocean

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Ob River

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Longest river in Europe and Russia’s most important commercial river

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Volga River

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A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia

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Steppe

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Found in high latitudes
*long, dark, cold winters
*short summers
*greatest temperature range

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Sub arctic climate

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A vast, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen

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Tundra

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Cold year round with very few plants, most animals live in the water underneath the ice

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Polar ice caps

20
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Capital of Russia

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Moscow

21
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Built by Peter the Great of Russia to attract Europeans and to get warm water ports

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St. Petersburg

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*Lake that has lost 80% of water volume from irrigation projects
*runoff with chemicals inside it flows into this and has made it polluted

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Aral Sea

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Deepest, oldest, and largest volume lake

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Lake Baikal

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