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56 Cards in this Set
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What 2 continents does is take up?
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Northern half of Europe and Asia (Eurasia).
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What is the largest country in the world ?
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Russia
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How many time zones does Russia span?
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11 time zones
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Russia originally started with state and where?
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Russ state around Kiev; later Moscow
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Which religion was established and when?
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Eastern Orthodox in 1000 CE
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How long was Russia uninterrupted through its expansion?
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5 centuries
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What was expansion motivated by?
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The need for a warm water port
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The abuse and corruptness of the Czar and elite aristocracy led to the?
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Russian Revolution
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When did the Russian Empire collapse abruptly and why?
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In 1917 because of the Bolshevik Revolution
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Who led the Bolshevik Revolution
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Lenin
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What did Lenin introduce?
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Communism and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922
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What is an economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members?
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Communism
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What is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned?
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Capitalism
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What is Capitalism based on?
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Free market
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What determines the price of goods in this consumer-driven system?
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Supply and Demand
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How many republics were part of the USSR?
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15 republics
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Each republic corresponded with major ethnic groups that were controlled by?
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Moscow (central planning)
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What was the economic focus of the USSR based on?
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Industry and Farming
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What did the USSR flag contain to emphasize on the focus?
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The hammer and sickle
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Why did the industry suffer?
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Complacent management; shoddy quality, unproductive workers.
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What was the result?
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Environmental degradation
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Why was farming unproductive?
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No incentive to grow more
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What split Europe into an East and West divider?
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The Iron Curtain
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When did the USSR collapse and which republics gained independance?
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1991; all 15 union republics gained independence
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What does Perestroika mean?
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Economic restructuring
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What does Glasnost mean?
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Greater openness
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What were some major reasons why the USSR broke apart?
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Humiliation over Afghanistan; Democratic stirrings in East Europe; Revived Ethnic pride; Public frustration over lack of consumer goods.
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What were the results of the break up of the USSR?
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The former republics are newly independent countries; capitalism has replaced communism; people are free to move; privatization is occurring
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After the fall of the USSR, who took advantage of privalization of farms, factories, and houses. Along with bringing, organized crime, gangster profit, and extort in areas
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Mafia
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Why did many factories close down in Russia afterwards?
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They couldn't compete in competitive free market
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What did Moscow lose because of the break up?
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Territory, people, and resources
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What best describes what Post-Soviet adjustment brought?
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Uncertainty
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What were negative affects on the Russian population?
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High levels of suicide, alcoholism, divorce, domestic violence, declining fertility rates, and lack of security and hope.
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Who did the European west consist of?
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European Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
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What do the Ural Mountains do?
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Separate European Russia from Siberia
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What characteristics does Siberia have?
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Thousands of miles, cold climate, tundra, permafrost, and little participation
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The Caucasus and Transcaucasia are what?
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Mountains from Russia's southern boundary between the Black and Caspian seas.
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What are the nickname given to Georgia and Ukraine based on their produce?
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Fruit basket and bread basket
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Types of Climate?
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Continental climate with temperature extremes
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What is a problem with permafrost?
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Hinders the growth of trees
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What does cold climate and rugged terrain cause?
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Limits settlement and agriculture
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Where does Russia rank as a populous country in the world?
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7th most populous country
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Where is Russia's European core?
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People in Belarus, western Russia, and Ukraine
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Why is the European core important?
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Here are Russia's largest cities, biggest industrial centers, farms, along with a higher population density.
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Today, there is what type of considerable migration patterns?
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Internal and reverse migration
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What are 3 waves of Eastward migration?
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Directed Migration, Gulag Archipelago, and Russification
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What migration pattern has a East Movement?
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Trans-Siberian railroad
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What helped lift Russia's economy out of its 1990's crisis?
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Gas and oil revenues
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Economic Development has been influence by?
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Legacy of centralized economic planning, challenges with privatization/free market competition, and dependent on energy
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Impact of Soviet Industrialization?
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Air and Water pollution, nuclear waste, and oil spills
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Ethnic diversity ranges from?
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Buryat and Chukchi
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What languages dominate in the Russian domain?
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Slavic
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How many percent of Russia's people are ethnic Russians?
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80%
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What continues to shape this region?
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Ethnic and cultural differences
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Russian domain is?
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Rich in natural resources but has limited agricultural potential
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Environmental devastation in the region continue to cause?
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social and health problems
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