Vocab - Week 25

Question 1

A rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain.

Taiga. Chernozem. Steppe

Answer 1

Chernozem

Question 2

Interior portions of land with extreme changes in temperature and very little rain

Continentality. Taiga. Chernozem

Answer 2

Continentality

Question 3

A forest belt that covers 2/5 of western Russia and into Siberia

Chernozem. Steppe. Taiga

Answer 3

Taiga

Question 4

Grassland climate region with dry summers and long cold winters.

Steppe. Taiga. Continentality

Answer 4

Steppe

Question 5

Period between 1922-1991 when Russia was part of USSR

nationality. Sovereignty. Soviet era

Answer 5

Soviet era

Question 6

Self rule

Atheism. Pogrom. Sovereignty

Answer 6

Sovereignty

Question 7

The belief that there is no god

Atheism. Pogrom. Socialist realism

Answer 7

Atheism

Question 8

Organized persecution and massacre of Jews

Atheism. Pogrom. Sovereignty

Answer 8

Pogrom

Question 9

Realistic style of art and literature that glorified soviet ideals and goals.

Atheism. Pogrom. Socialist realism

Answer 9

Socialist realism

Question 10

Large, distinct ethnic group in a country.

Steppe. Nationality. Sovereignty

Answer 10

Nationality