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Unit 8 Russia Flashcards

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Tsar

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A Russian emperor

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Westernization

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The adoption of Western Culture

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Revolutionary

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Ideas that could cause the overthrow of a government

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Communism

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A political system in which the central government owns farms, factories, and offices

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Heritage

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Customs and practices that are passed from one generation to the next.

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Propaganda

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The spread of ideas designed to support some cause or to hurt an opposing cause

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Investor

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Someone who spends money on improving a business in the hope of making more money if the business succeeds

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Inflation

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An increase in the general level of prices at a time when the amount of goods and services remains the same

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Chernozem

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A rich, black soil

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Collectives

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Huge, government controlled farms

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Tributary

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A river or stream that flows into a larger river

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Chernobyl

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A nuclear power plant in Ukraine that exploded due to user error and caused radiation all over the world

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Ural Mountains

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A mountain range that separates Western Russia and Europe from Eastern Russia and Asia

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Siberia

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A cold, desolate region where people go when punished by the government. They herd reindeer to survive

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“Time of Troubles”

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A time frame when Russia endured 20 years of Civil Wars and invasion by the Polish

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Duma

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A kind of congress that was intended to share power with the Tsar, but they were shut out of many decisions

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“Bloody Sunday”

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In 1905, workers in St. Petersburg marched to the Tsar’s palace. They were trying to get reforms, but government troops stopped them and opened fire, killing hundreds

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An ethnic group in Siberia is…

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the Yakuts

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The festival where many of Siberia’s people go is the…

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Reindeer Festival

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Who founded St. Petersburg?

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Peter the Great

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Why did Peter the Great want to control land on the Baltic Sea?

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He wanted to get better ports, which in his eyes would make Russia a more powerful country

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What were the two groups below the Tsar?

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Landowners

Serfs

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Who freed the Serfs?

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Alexander II

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Who was the last Tsar?

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Nicholas II

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Who was the peasant that influenced Tsarina Alexandra?

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Grigori Rasputin

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Why was Stalin called a dictator?

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He had absolute power

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What were two causes of the Cold War?

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The situation in East Europe (Russia was spreading Communism)
Soviets were trying to get more power past Eastern Europe

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Iron Curtain

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When Russia cut off most of Eastern Europe from the West

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What year did the Soviet Union break up?

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1991

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What percentage of Russians belong to the Russian Slavs ethnic group?

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80%

30
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Where do most Russians live and what is the percentage?

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75% live in Western Russia

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What did Russia put into space first and who went into space first?

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An artificial satellite

Yuri Gagarin

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Three Non-Russian ethnic groups that are in Russia

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Mongolian
Armanian
Yakuts

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2nd most popular religion?

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Muslim

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Russia’s 2nd largest city and Largest Port?

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St. Petersburg

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What palace is located in St. Petersburg?

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Winter Palace

36
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What did Russia use Ukraine’s water ways for?

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They used them for shipping grain to Russia

37
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What widespread effects occurred from Chernobyl?

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The wind blew radiation all over the world, which polluted many things

38
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What is the business center in Ukraine?

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Kharkiv

39
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What is in danger in Moscow and why?

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The culture is in danger because they are renovating the city because of the free market economy

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