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Russia/Soviet Union Test Flashcards

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Permafrost

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A layer of soil below the surface that remains frozen.

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Tundra

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Plain that is frozen and supports only mosses and lichens

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Taiga

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Huge belt of evergreen forests that is larger than 48 US states

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Steppe

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Rich black soil, very fertile, many crops

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Early KIevan Russia/Moscow (Why these locations)

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the Dnieper river was the center of trade

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Mongol Rule

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Destroyed cities, enslaved people, 1200 conquered Russia, heavy taxes, Russians ran them out

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Russian Orthodox Church

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the split of Christian churches isolated Russia, so they made Russian Orthodox Church

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Define Czar

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Rulers, Kings/Queens of Russia

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Define Serfs

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Workers of fields, slaves

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Ivan III

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Grand prince of Moscow, Ivan the Great, ushers in age of Czars, runs Mongols out.

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Ivan IV

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Grandson of Ivan III, scarred from young age, became very cruel after wife died, killed many people. Ivan the Terrible.

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Secret Police

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Created by Ivan IV to stop rebellion

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Peter the Great

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loved the west, built navy, took Black Sea, Westernized Russia, took Baltic Sea

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Catherine the Great

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took power from her husband, expanded Russia

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Alexander II

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Modernized Russia, liberated the Surfs which caused the economy to collapse, assassinated right before he made reforms.

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Nicholas II

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Last Czar, executed with his family

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Rasputin

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Mystical faith healer, friend of Nicholas II family, assassinated.

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18
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Define Hemophilia

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Disorder where blood doesn’t clot normally

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Bloody Sunday

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Priest peacefully protesting with large group, Nicholas II gone, the guards massacred the protesters.

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Lenin

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Red, leading Bolsheviks

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Trotsky

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first leader of the Red Army

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Bolsheviks

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Reds, Communists

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Mensheviks

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Whites, a member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russians, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated them.

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March Revolution

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Forced czar to abdicate, gave freedom of press, let go of exiled people

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Bolshevik Revolution

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Bolsheviks took power with Lenin as leader

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Bourgeoisie

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The rich

27
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Proletariat

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the working poor

28
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Karl Marx

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Developed idea of communism

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Communist Manifesto

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Book Karl Marx wrote explaining Communism

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USSR

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Union of Socialists Soviet Republic

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Communism Flaws

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Everyone is paid the same no matter what kind of work they do, no one works hard, no motivation.

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Stalin

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Lenin’s successor, very cruel

33
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Gulags

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Forced labor camps

34
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5 year plan

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list of economic goals created by Stalin based on Socialism

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Collectivization

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Consolidate individual land and labour into collective farms

36
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Great Purges

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Stalin killed many people who threatened his power

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Great Patriotic War/WWII

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Russia against Germany , Germany broke agreement

38
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Stalin-Hitler Nonaggression Pact

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Peace agreement that Germany broke

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Totalitarian Government (Stalin)

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No different opinions, dictator control over many aspects of life

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Yalta Conference- “Big Three”

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What to do with Germany and its territories after WWII, Stalin, Churchill, FDR

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Berlin Wall

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East Germany, wall that divides the city in the middle

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cuba aligns with USSR, puts nuclear missiles in Cuba (90 miles from US). John F Kennedy negotiated with Russia.

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Khrushchev

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USSR Prime Minister during Cold War, tried to de-Stalinize

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John F. Kennedy

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President during Cold War

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Fidel Castro

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Leader of Cuba during Cold War

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Space Race

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race for technological supremacy in space travel

47
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Sputnik

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first artificial satellite to orbit the earth

48
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Cosmonaut (Yuri Gagarin)

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First man into space

49
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Neil Armstrong

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Man on the moon

50
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Gorbachev

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last communist leader

51
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Glasnost

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Openness/honesty to discuss problems

52
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Perestroika

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restructuring of the economy

53
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Coup de ‘etat

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“easing of tension”

54
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Boris Yeltsin

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first democratically elected leader of Russia

55
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Vladimir Putin

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Current president of Russia

56
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Dimity Medvedev

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President before Putin

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