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38 Cards in this Set
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Why is Aral Sea drying up?
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irrigation in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are draining the lake
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Why was the 1812 Overture composed?
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to celebrate russia's victory over Napoleon
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What is Russia's only ice-free Baltic port?
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Kaliningrad
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Identify the Kievan Rus.
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an early russian civilization that arose near Kiev, Ukraine
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Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
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Russian leader who introduced Glasnost(openess) to the Soviet Union; this lead to the ending of communist russia
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List a characteristic of a free market economy.
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People not the government own and run businesses
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What is the type of economy in the US? in Soviet Union? in modern Russia?
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a.mixed or free market
b. command economy c. free market |
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Identify Tian Shan.
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A major mountain range that makes up most of Kyrgyzstan
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Identify Peter the Great.
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founded st.petersburg in 1703; pme opf the greatest czars of russia
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Azerbaijan is split in two by........?
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the country of Armenia
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The world's largest inland body of water is....?
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the Caspian Sea
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Define democracy.
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a form of government in which people freely elect their leaders.
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What religious denomination is the Russian Orthodox Church?
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Christian
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What are the 2 major types of vegetation in Siberia?
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Taiga and tundra
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Who were the ancestors of the Kazakhs?
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Mongols
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Why was the Russian capital moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow?
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Because of a fear of invasion
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Define entrepreneur.
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In a free market economy, one who takes on the risk of beginning a business or investing in a business
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List the countries that were once part of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (15)
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Turkmenistan; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Armenia; Lithuania; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Moldova; Russia; Tajikistan; Georgia;Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Estonia;
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List a likely consequence of open communication bwtween the US and communist states.
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1. increased spread of democratic ideas
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How have the Russian people adapted to the Arctic environment?
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1. building homes from ice and sod
2. raising cattle and horses on grasslands 3. hunting whales and seals as a food source |
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People living in Siberia have adapted to the climate by......
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1. building with mud
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last czar of Russia
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Nicholas II
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Czar-Liberator of Russia
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Alexander II
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longest river in Europe
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Volga River
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Ivan the Terrible
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Ivan IV
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dividing line between Europe and Asia
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Ural Mountains
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Who wanted to make Russia modern and more like Europe?
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Peter the Great
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lands lying on two continents, Europe and Asia
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Eurasia
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drove the Mongols out of Muscovy
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Ivan III
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desert that makes up most of Turkmenistan
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Garagum
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Russian leader who loosened government controls over the economy
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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port that is separated from the rest of Russia
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Kaliningrad
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Russian leader sho set up the first communist state
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Vladimir Lenin
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this Russian city is built on a group of more than 100 islands
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St. Petersburg
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majority culture in Russia
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Slavs
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this russian leader forced communist governments on Russia's neighboring countries
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Joseph Stalin
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Russia's political and economic center as well as its largest city
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Moscow
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Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
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Boris Yeltsin
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