Russia Vocab

Question 1

long period of political tension between the U.S and the Soviet union from 1948-1991

Answer 1

cold war

Question 2

energy given off caused by the breakdown of atoms

Answer 2

radioactive

Question 3

system of government in witch the government controls economic resources.

Answer 3

communism

Question 4

huge region in central and eastern Russia

Answer 4

Siberia

Question 5

Bolshevik leader who overthrew the czar in the Russian rev. of 1917 and lead the new government

Answer 5

V.L Lenin

Question 6

city in Ukraine where a nuclear reaction exploded in 1986

Answer 6

chernobyl

Question 7

the state established in 882 that became part of modern Russia

Answer 7

Kievan Rus

Question 8

a leader in the Soviet union from 1985-1991, president from 1990-1991

Answer 8

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 9

political party in Russia lead by Lenin that overthrew the czar

Answer 9

Bolshevik

Question 10

the reform in the structure of the economy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet union on 1985

Answer 10

perestroika

Question 11

period of time in witch workers in factories began to use machines and power tools for large scale industry

Answer 11

Industrial Rev.

Question 12

a historic complex of places and churches in Moscow and the seat of Russian government

Answer 12

Kremlin

Question 13

the polocy of putting russians in charge of soviet republics

Answer 13

Russification

Question 14

a system in which a political party gets the same percentage of seats as its percentage of votes

Answer 14

proportional representation

Question 15

mountain range that separates the northern European plain from the western Siberian plain in Russia

Answer 15

Ural Mountains

Question 16

ancient trade routes that connected southwest and central asia with china

Answer 16

silk road

Question 17

system of government with a strong central govt. and local govt.

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federal system

Question 18

term used for an emporer in russia

Answer 18

czar

Question 19

empire established in central asia by genghis khan

Answer 19

The Mongol empire

Question 20

worlds longest continuous railroad, links Moscow with E Russia across Siberia

Answer 20

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Question 21

he established the mongol empire in Asia

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Genghis Khan

Question 22

empress of Russia from 1762-1796

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Catherine the Great

Question 23

inland sea bounded by Europe Russia Georgia and turkey

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Black Sea

Question 24

saltwater lake in central Asia that has been greatly reduced in size due to diversion for irrigation of the rivers that flow into it

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Aral Sea

Question 25

largest enclosed body of water on earth bounded by Russia Kazakhstan and iran

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The Caspian Sea

Question 26

Soviet unions policy of openness that encouraged people to speak openly Abt govt.

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Glasnost

Question 27

worldly not connected to a region

Answer 27

secular

Question 28

warm ocean current that warms the waters around the N/W part of Russia

Answer 28

The North Atlantic Drift

Question 29

the union of Soviet socialist republics, a country made up of Russia and other European states

Answer 29

Nazi Germany