Russia and the Republics 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ural Mountains | The __________________ form Europe's eastern boundary and separate the Northern European and Western Siberian Plains Some geographers see the ______________ as a dividing line between Europe and Asia |
| Eurasia | Some consider Europe and Asia to be a single continent called __________. |
| Caucasus Mountains | Mt. Elbrus, highest point in the Caucasus, and Europe's highest peak is a long-dormant volcano. |
| Lake Baikal | A lake that is over one mile deep. This lake has the only freshwater seal. |
| Caspian Sea | The ______________ "sea" is actually a saltwater lake that stretches 750 miles from north to south, making it the largest inland sea in the world. |
| Volga River | the longest river on the European continent, drains the Caspian Sea basin. The _________ begins in Moscow and flows southward for about 2,300 miles until it arrives at the Caspian. This important waterway carries about 60 percent of Russia's river traffic. |
| Aral Sea | the _________, which lies east of the Caspian Sea, is a saltwater lake. Since the 1960s, the _____ has lost about 87 percent of its water volume. In 2005, Kazakhstan built a dam to separate the smaller North ___________ from the South ___________, which is saltier and more polluted. |
| Siberia | The siberian cat is native to ______, and is also the national cat of Russia. |
| Natural Resources | huge reserves of coal and deposits of iron ore, leading producer of oil and gas, and rivers make it one of the worlds largest producers of hydroelectric power |
| huge deposits of petroleum | Around the Caspian sea has what natural resource? |
| 1/5 | Russia's forests hold what fraction of the world's timber regions? |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Revolution, lasted from 1924-1991, contained 15 republics that were "voluntary" association, government controlled all aspects of people's lives (employment, food, media), largest centrally planned economy in the world |
| USSR religion | USSR was officially atheist, Christianity and Islam had the largest followers, During WWII Orthodox Church was no longer suppressed since it was seen as a uniting factor |
| Karl Marx | marxism, was living in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution - this shaped his feelings about the way society should work |
| Marx's Theory of Communism | conflict over material goods, wrote the "Communist Manifesto" 'haves' vs. 'have nots' Capitalists vs. workers, or 'proletariat' Revolution! Socialism... then communism |
| Czar Nicholas II | 1868-1918 ______ was the last tsar (czar) of Russia. He was deposed during the Russian Revolution and executed with his family by the Bolsheviks. |
| Lenin | 1870-1924 Believed in Karl Marx's ideals concerning class conflict His goal was to lead the revolution and not wait for it. He became the leader of the Bolsheviks, also known as the Communists. |
| Bolsheviks (communists) | nationalized all private land |
| Cheka | secret police that enforced policies |
| Civil War | 1917-1923 the __________ broke out between the Red army and the counter-revolutionary armies led by former tsarist officers - the White army. |
| New Economic Policy | (NEP) announced in 1922. |
| Stalin | 1878-1953 Losif Vissarionovich adopted the name __________: "Man of Steel" His great ambition was to turn the Soviet Union into an industrial nation |
| Five Year Plans | to build up Russia's industry, Stalin devised the first series of _____________. |
| 1930 | this year brought terror and opportunity |
| gulags | millions of people were sent to ______ in Siberia for irrational reasons. Ex. someone was 10 minutes late to work and was sent to a gulag. |
| Late 1930s | by the late ______________, USSR was the world's third largest industrial power |
| 1941 | German invasion of USSR. |
| allied | In WWII, the USSR _______ with the United States and Britain. |
| World War II | After ____________, Russia (communist) let Eastern Europe countries decide their government. |
| Iron curtain | when nobody knew what Russia was doing |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization After WWII, USSR created this organization of communist nations to combat the power of _________. Warsaw Pact |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Glasnost (openness) Perestroika (restructuring) During his time as leader of USSR: 1989-Berlin Wall falls 1990-He wins a Noble Peace Prize 1991-First McDonalds opens Soviet Union dissolves and he resigns as president |
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