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42 Cards in this Set
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When did Communism materialize? How did the Soviet Union influence it? |
1945 is Eastern Europe, Iron Curtain descended the Cold war and Europe was dominated by the USSR |
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Recent Political Changes in Eastern Europe.. (Breakups) |
Went from 8 countries to 20 !! 1989 Germany Poland Hungary, Czech, Romania, Bulgaria ALL over turned their government. Yugoslovia broke-up into several countries 1993 Czech dissolved bc of the Velvet Revolution 1991 Soviet Union Broke-up |
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Recent Political Changes in Eastern Europe.. |
Albania rejected communism 1990 Germany reunified |
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Yugoslavia broke up into 6 different countries: they are |
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Hercegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo |
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Characteristics of E. Europe |
Less prosperous Less urbanized Poorer infrastructure GREAT cultural and ethnic diversity |
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Shatter belt |
area of frequent political division, boundary changes due to its internal variety/ diversity and conflict and pressures from the outside |
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Buffer zone |
a group of weak countries separating 2 powerful forces |
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balkanization |
Big state breaking into smaller states` |
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ethnic cleansing |
a stronger group of people getting rid of an ENTIRE group of people (weaker) to take territory |
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Irredentism |
policy of cultural extension aimed at national group living in neighboring country |
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Devolution |
centrifugal force where groups within a country to seek autonomy |
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Purpose of recent expansion of NATO. How did Russia react? |
To solidify the democratic reforms under way in the Soviet Bloc of nations and to fight the war on terrorism. Keeps Americans in, Russians out, and Germans down. Stabilizes the force and defends against soviet invasion of Europe RUSSIA WAS PISSED |
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Major Events in Soviet History. Key figures? |
Formed in 1922 and dissolved in 1991 The major figures have been: Mikhail Gorbachev Lenin Stalin Putin Medvedev Kruschev |
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Direction of expansion under different tsars |
eastward- Ivan the Terrible To the Baltic states- Peter the Great South of the Baltic States- tsarina Catherine the Great |
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How big was FSU? |
Twice the size of US, crosses 11 times zones |
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General patterns of rivers |
southern, at one point tried to force them to flow northern |
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Why do mountains in the country accentuate climatic conditions? |
block winds coming from the oceans, but also create a colder climate and creates more rainfall |
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What affects the climate of FSU/Russia? |
the mountains and the oceans |
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Continentality |
measure of difference between continental and marine climates characterized by increased range in temperature that occurs over land compared with water |
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What is permafrost? Where is it found? |
top level of soil that is frozen. Can be found in Siberia and Canada |
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what are the implications of FSU's climate to it's agriculture? |
always too wet or too dry limited water supply erosion low temps lead to short growing seasons |
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What did Soviet Engineers do/try to modify the harsh natural conditions? |
drain marshes, plant trees to block wind, irrigation systems, tried to change the course of rivers |
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Characteristics of its natural resources |
dense forests, natural gases, high production of nickel, the resources have been mismanaged |
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Tiaga |
biome characterized by coniferous forests |
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Tundra |
a biome where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons |
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Perestroika |
policy/practice of reconstructing the economic and political system associated with Gorbachev |
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Glasnost |
Soviet Union policy of the late 1980s designed to create greater openness exchange of information |
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Bolshevik |
group founded by lenin that ultimately became communist party of Russia communist party |
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Menshevik |
member of non-leninist, apposed to Bolsheviks and defeated them |
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command economy |
production, investment, prices incomes, all determined by government |
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Sovkhoz |
large-scale state owned farms |
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Kolkhoz |
farms collectively owned by a group of people |
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Russification |
form assimilation |
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federation |
political entity, union of self gov states under central government |
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What are the Maritime Provinces of Canada? |
New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island |
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the name and location of the Canadian province where French in spoken? |
Quebec |
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Some aspects of the geographic contrasts in Latin America? |
large v small countries desert v tropical mechanized v traditional modern v squalid rich v poor |
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Why Latin America may not be the appropriate term for the region? |
ignores the indigenous groups and non-latin people |
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Us-Mexican border |
fences thats 700 miles |
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What language is spoken in Brazil |
Portuguese |
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Which part of Latin America is considered a land bridge? |
Central America |
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St. Petersburg |
established bc Peter the Great wanted a sea port went from st.petersburg to petrograd to leningrad back to st. petersburg |
