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30 Cards in this Set
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Climates of Russia/Eurasia
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desert (arid)
steppe (semiarid) mediterranean humid continental humid subtropic subartic tundra highland |
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Why are the Aral/Caspian Seas shrinking?
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-water is being diverted from tributaries for irrigation
-irrigation canals are NOT lined in concrete -a climate change has resulted in more evaporation |
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Which 2 rivers travel northward and are important to Siberia?
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Lena and Ob rivers
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What is the oldestand deepest freshwater lake on Earth?
"Jewel of Siberia" |
Lake Baikal
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What physical feature serves as a natural boundary between Asia and Europe?
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The Ural Mts.
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What word describes a country that produces everything for itself?
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autarky
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What are some troublesome legacies left by the USSR?
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-unemployment
-environmental pollution -economic depression |
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Why is it not practical to use Russia's natural resources?
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Due to their remote location and the harsh climate
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What group ruled Central Asia in the 600s?
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the Turks
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What group ruled Central Asia from 1218-1500s?
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the Mongols
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What was the name given to the rulers of Russia from 1547-1917? Who was the first?
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-czars, tsars
-Ivan IV=Ivan the Terrible |
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What political party took over Russia in 1917? What type of government did they establish?
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Bolsheivik
Communist |
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Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union? Where did he get the idea for communism?
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-Vladimir Lenin
-a book written by Karl Marx |
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and the Cold War? Name the 2 countries involved in the war
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Josef Stalin
-United States and Soviet Union |
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Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union? What year the the Union officially break apart?
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Mikhail Gorbachev
_1991 |
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What is "glasnost"?
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A russian policy of open discussion of problems begun by Gorbachev.
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What is the CIS?
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Commonwealth of Independent States, the name of the USSR after it broke apart
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Who retired as a leader of Russia recently? Who is the current leader?
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-Boris Yeltsin
-Vladimir Putin |
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Where did the worst nuclear disaster occur and when?
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Chernobyl, Ukraine
1986 |
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What are the 2 main religions?
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Russian Orthodox
Islam in Central Asia (the -stan countries) |
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What does "icons" mean?
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painting of Biblical people or events`
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Name some hardships suffered under communism
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-poor working conditions
-limited food -crowded housing -strictly limited personal freedoms |
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What 2 things improved under communism.
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-health care
-education |
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Name the important cities of the Trans-siberian railroad
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-St. Petersburg
-Moscow -Novosibirsk -Vladivostock |
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Name the 2 main ports of Russia
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-St. Petersburg
-Vladivostok |
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Where do the majority of Russians live and why?
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-Western Russia
-humid continental climate, closeness to Europe |
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What is a samovar?
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a Russian tea urn
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What are Faberge eggs?
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Ukrainian egg decorating tradition
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Matroishka dolls?
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traditional Russian art form in which dolls are made to fit inside one another
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Where is Red Square?
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Moscow, home to St. Basil's cathedral
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