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