World Geography Chapters 14 and 15 - Russia

North Siberia

Fishing, hunting seals & walruses and herding reindeer is popular where in Russia?

Mongolians

For over 200 years, who retarded the development of Russia?

1917

A revolution overthrows the government of Czar Nicolas II.

country

After winning the civil war, the bolsheviks established a new (country/army).

socialism

Because of government oppression and extreme poverty, many Russians were drawn to a belief in economic equality known as (feudalism/socialism).

modernized

By the late 1600s, Peter the Great had (conquered/modernized) Russia, built ports, and encouraged trade.

satellites

Countries in the region controlled by the Soviet Union were called (satellites/provinces).

1941

German forces invade the Soviet Union during WW2.

14

How many countries does Russia border?

9

In 2014 Russia's timezones went from 11 to how many?

city-states

Kievan Rus was a loose union of (city-states/ethnic groups) organized by the Varangians.

waterways

In the AD 600s, Slavs settled near (cities/waterways) on the North European Plain.

Ghengis Khan

In the mid 1200s who established the Mongolian Golden Horde?

900

In what year did Kievean Rus bring in the Varangians (vikings) to help them establish a government?

Kremlin

Ivan the Great, King of the Muscovites, built a huge fortress called the (Kremlin/Muskovy).

czar

Ivan the Terrible expanded Russian territory and became the country's supreme ruler, called a (emperor/czar).

perestroika

Mikhail Gorbachev began to restructure Russia's economy through a policy called (glasnost/perestroika).

1986

Mikhail Gorbachev introduces his policies of glasnost and perestroika.

1999

On December 31, Yeltsin resigns.

Moscow

People fled Kievan Rus and established what in European Russia?

Renaissance and Enlightenment

Russia missed out on which periods in European History, although they still had the Black Death?

separatist

Russia's stability has been threatened by (separatist/socialist) movements.

Chechens, Dagestanis, and Ingushetians

Smaller groups that are part of the Caucasian peoples:

Poles, Serbs, and Ukrainians

Smaller groups that are part of the Slav ethnic group

Tatars, Chuvash, and Sakha

Smaller groups that are part of the Turkic peoples:

communism

The Bolsheviks, who believed in (socialism/communism), took control of the government in November 1917.

California

The Caspian Sea is the size of which American state?

capitalism

The Cold War was the struggle between communism and (socialism/capitalism) for world influence.

October 1917 to December 1999

The Soviet Era lasted from which year until what year?

independence

The Soviet Union collapsed when all the Soviet Republics declared (war/independence).

1991

The Soviet Union collapses; Boris Yeltsin becomes the first democratically elected president of Russia.

1922

The Soviet Union is established; Joseph Stalin becomes the general secretary of the Communist Party.

1957

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first spacecraft to circle the earth.

1100

The first Russian history was written down by Monk Nester in which year?

market

The move from a command economy to a (market/industrial) economy brought severe economic hardship to Russians.

2000

Vladimir Putin is elected president of Russia.

Caspian and Black sea

What forms the natural border between southwestern Russia and Eastern Europe?

Primogeniture

What in Russia meant that everything went to the oldest son?

Eurasian

What is Russia considered as?

The US

What is Russia twice the size of?

Trans-Siberian Railroad

What is network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian far east and the Sea of Japan and is the longest railway in the world?

Moscow

What is the capital of The Federation of Russia?

the Vogel River

What is the longest river in Europe and a vital transportation route?

Lake Baikal

What is the most voluminious freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's surface fresh water that is unfrozen?

Russia

What is the world's largest country?

Lake Baikal

What is the world's oldest and deepest lake at 30 million years old and with an average depth of 2440 feet?

monarchy

What kind of government did the Varangians establish?

western Russia

What part of Russia has a humid continental climate with warm and rainy summers, and cold and snowy winters?

Eastern Russia

What part of Russia has a sub arctic climate with short cool summers and long snowy winters and has most ports closed during parts of the year due to ice?

European Russia

What part of Russia has the Ural Mountains that separate Europe and Asia and is West of the Urals lies the North European Plain with fertile soil causing most of Russia's population to live here?

Kamchatka Peninsula

What part of Russia is a mountainous with over 120 volcanoes (20 active) and is part of the "Ring of Fire" with a zone of active volcanoes that forms the western, northern, and eastern edges of the Pacific?

Kievan Rus; River Don

What was the city-state created by the East Slavs called and which river was it near?

Primary Chronicles

What was the name of Monk Nesters work?

800s

When did the East Slavs arrive in Russia?

socialism

belief calling for greater economic equality

atheism

belief that their is no God

North European Plain

Where does 75% of Russia's population live because it has a mild climate and is home to the majority of Russia's industry & agriculture?

Sviatapolk

Which brother killed his siblings (Boris and Gleb) to become ruler?

Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and Lake Baikal

Which inland bodies of water does Russia touch?

Ruriki Period

Which of the four periods of Russian history lasted from 900 to 1598?

Southern Siberia

Which part of Russia has plains plateaus & mountains and is home to siberian tiger (endangered), bear, reindeer, lynx, wolf, and elk?

North European Plain

Which part of Russia has the Caucasus Mountains which form a southern border with Georgia & Azerbaijan?

North Siberia

Which part of Russia has tundra & permafrost cover 40% of Russia and has taiga in the south with very few people?

Siberia: Asian Russia

Which part of Russia is located east of the Ural Mountains and has one of the world's coldest climates?

Romanov Dynasty

Which period of Russian history lasted from 1613 to March 1917?

Vladmir; 988

Who adopted eastern orthodoxy, known as the "Baptism of Russia" in what year?

Rurik

Who became the first leader and established the Ruriki Dynasty?

Holy Synod

Who is considered the "pope" of Orthodoxy?

Oleg, Igor, and Vadmir

Who were Rurik's successors?

Boris and Gleb

Who were the first (Kenotic) saints of Russia?

1961

Yuri Gagrin, a Soviet Air Force officer, becomes the first person to orbit the earth.

socialist realism

artists glorified Soviet communist

satellite

country controlled by the Soviet Union

nationality

general term for a major ethnic group

Bolshevik

member of a revolutionary group led by Lenin

pogrom

organized religious persecution

communism

philosophy calling for a new society led by workers

perestroika

policy of economic restructuring

glasnost

policy of greater political openness

icon

religious image or symbol

sovereignty

self rule

patriarch

spiritual leader of the Russian Orthodox Church

Cold War

struggle between communism and capitalism

czar

supreme ruler of Russia