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21 Cards in this Set
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How many different ethnic groups are in Russia?
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>120
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What is an ethnic group?
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An ethnic group shares a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or a combination of these things
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Over the years, Russia grew from a territory to what?
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Over the years Russia grew from a territory to a multi-ethnic empire that stretched from Europe to the Pacific Ocean.
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What happened during the process?
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During that process, many non-Russian ethnic groups came under its control.
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When was the Soviet Era?
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The Soviet era was a period between 1922 and 1991 when Russia was part of the USSR
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What did the regional political boundaries during the Soviet Era represent?
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The regional political boundaries during the Soviet Era reflected the areas of major ethnic groups or nationalities
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When did the USSR become independent countries
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after 1991
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How many ethnic groups have their own republic within Russia?
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32
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How much of the population is ethnic Russian?
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80%
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What larger group are ethnic Russians part of?
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The Slav group
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What is the Slav group?
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a linguistic and ethnic group of Indo-European peoples that also includes Poles, Serbs, Ukranians, and other Eastern European cultures
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What ethnic group dominated Russia's politics and culture?
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Russian Slavs
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Who lives in the Caucasus Mountains?
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Caucasians
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What are some groups of Caucasians?
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Chechens, Dagestanis, and Ingushetians
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Where do Turkic speaking people live?
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Caucasus and middle Volga areas
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What groups of Turkic peoples live in Russia?
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Tatars (in Tatarstan), Chuvash, Bashkirs, and the Sakhas
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How long has Russia ruled Tatarstan?
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Since the mid 1550s
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What is sovereignty?
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the self rule of a republic
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What are the Sakha?
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a combination of local groups and Turkic peoples
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Where have the semi-nomadic Sakha in southern Siberia expanded to?
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Northeastern Russia
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What percent of Russia's population lives in western Russia?
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80%
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