Russia Vocab

Question 0

Chernozem

Answer 0

Black topsoil, one of the world’s most fertile soils

Question 1

Siberia

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A region of central and eastern Russia

Question 2

Trans-Siberian Railroad

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A railroad that would link Moscow to the pacific port

Question 3

Eurasia

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The combined continent of Europe and Asia

Question 4

Taiga

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Continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere

Question 5

Baltic Republics

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Countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

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Czar

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The emperor of Russia prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917

Question 7

USSR

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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union

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Cold War

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Conflict between United States and the Soviet Union after WWII

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Collective farms

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An enormous farm in the Soviet Union in which a large team of labored were gathered to work together

Question 10

Chechnya

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One of the republics that remains apart of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union

Question 11

Privatization

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The selling of government owned businesses to private citizens

Question 12

Distance Decay

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Concept that increasing distances between places tend to reduce interactions among them