World Cultures Unit 5

When were the mongol invasions

1200-1300

What happened to USSR immediately after fall

15 independently republics

When was the Russian Revolution?

1917

When was the USSR established

1922

When was the cold war

1947-1991

When did USSR collapse?

1991

When was the first civilization in Russia

2000 bc

When was the Crimean crisis

2014-15

How long has the conflict between Russia and chechnya been

300 years

How much larger than the us is Russia and the republics

3x—1/6 of earths land surface

What percentage lives on Northern European plain

75%

When was state of Russia established

800s ad

What is a frozen conflict

Active armed conflict ended; no peace treaty made

Who has control over nagorno karabakh

Armenia currently

Who led Russian revolution

Bolsheviks

Largest inland sea in the world

Caspian Sea

What region saw the most conflict after fall

Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)

What is result of nagorno karabakh conflict

Ceasefire in 1994 and 1 million plus refugees

Resources

Coal iron oil and natural gas

What dominated in the fifteen republics immediately after fall of USSR

Conflict between ethnic and religious groups as they fought for sovereignty and control

What did Peter the Great do for Russia?

Czar that brought great economic progress in 1700s

What type of biome is Turkmenistan and uzbekistan

Desert

What did Stalin do immediately after WWII

Expanded into recently freed German territories

What happened to US after Stalin expanded

Feared spread of communism "Red scare"

Who led the mongol invasions

Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan

What is one example of a frozen conflict

Georgia and South Ossetia

Who assumed leadership in 1985

Gorbachev

Who began the decentralization of soviet republics

Gorbachev

Who established policies of glasnost and perestroika

Gorbachev

What religion dominated russia before WWII

Jews- largest in world before

What was Russia in relation to the fifteen newly established republics

Largest and most powerful

Why did Jews leave

Left to Israel/ US after persecution Some camps set up in russia during war

What did Ivan III do?

Made Moscow a great cultural center

What was the cold war

Military tension between us and Soviet Union over Russian expansion communism and threat of nuclear warfare

Where and by who was the state of Russia established

Modern day Kiev and vikings

What happened in 1500

Moscow rose as great cultural center

Nagorno-Karabakh

Mountainous region Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over

How many ethnic groups are present in russia

Over 185

What is result of Crimean crisis

Over 3000 casualties Annexation only legally recognized by Russia's few allies International community imposed sanctions on Russia still active

Sanction

Penalty imposed against another country involving trade barriers financial restrictions etc.

How did Crimean crisis begin

Protests began in Ukraine when gov't refused to sign agreement with European Union (EU) Russia stepped in and annexed Crimea

Where is chechnya

Region i n southwest russia

Where is the conflict is georgia focused

Region in South Ossetia

What is the art and architecture largely influenced by

Religion and combo of western and eastern styles

What happened after the great economic progress in 1700s

Remained behind western states even after industrialization

What does perestroika mean?

Restructuring

Who is Crimean crisis between

Russia and ukraine

What is the most common religion and what % practices

Russian orthodoxy (41%)

What was the Russian revolution

Series of revolutions that overthrew czar and established rule of vladimir lenin and communist party

Why is their conflict in georgia

South Ossetia wants independence

Who led USSR after lenin

Stalin

temperate grassland

Steppe

Socialist Realism

Style of realistic art developed in Soviet Union that glorifies work of middle class, elevate common worker, and glorifies their work for progress

Climate

Subarctic and humid continental

Largest biome on earth; cold forest south of tundra

Taiga

What is in the artic climate with very little vegetation

Tundra region

What does USSR stand for?

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Longest river on European continent

Volga

When did Stalin rule

WWII where he fought mostly on Ally side

What does glasnost mean?

openness