Chapter 15-17
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aral Sea | Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that is shrinking |
| Baltic Republics | Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania |
| Banya | A bathouse where Russians perform a cleaning ritual |
| Caspian Sea | worlds largest lake |
| Caucasus | a large region between the Black and Caspian seas |
| Caucasus Mountains | the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia |
| Central Asia | a region consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
| Central Siberian Plateau | Russia's largest supply of coal |
| Chechnya | A republic of Russia that has experienced some of the worst violence because they wanted independence |
| Chernobyl | nuclear power plant in Russia that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air |
| Chernozem | the rich black topsoil found in the North European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine |
| Cold War | A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted eachother on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. |
| Collective Farms | farms run by the government |
| Command Economy | An economic system in which the government controls a country's economy. |
| Continentality | The effect of distance from the moderating influence of the sea on climate |
| Czar | Russian emperors |
| Dacha | Russian country house |
| Distance Decay | the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction |
| Exclave | A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of a different state. |
| Eurasia | the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
| Great Game | The struggle between Great Britian and Russia to control Central Asia |
| Kara Kum | A desert, which has a name meaning "Black Sands," covers more than 70 percent of Turkmenistan. Which desert is it - the Gobi, the Kara Kum, or the Taklamakan desert? |
| Kiev | Capital of Ukraine |
| Kyzyl Kum | a vast desert region in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan |
| Lake Baikal | deepest lake in the world |
| Line Graph | A graph that uses line segments to show changes that occur over time |
| Moscow | capital of Russia |
| Nomads | people who wander from place to place |
| Northern European Plain | vast area of flat or gently rolling land from France to Russia |
| Pie Graph | A circle divided into sectors with each part proportional to the number of items |
| Privatization | To change from government or public ownership or control to private ownership or control. |
| Red Army | The Soviet Army during the Russian Civil War. |
| Runoff | Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and the ocean. |
| Russian Far East | _ _ _ the easternmost region of russia and the Republics, features a complex system of volcanic ranges |
| Russian Revolution | the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 |
| Siberia | the part of Russia that lies on the continent of Asia |
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles) |
| Supra | Georgian dinner party |
| Taiga | a forest of evergreen trees growing south of the tundra in Russia |
| Time Zone Map | A map that shows the world or region's time zones |
| Transcaucasia | A region consisting of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad | etwork of railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan. |
| Turan Plain | An extensive lowland in between the Caspian Sea and the mountains and uplands of Central Asia |
| Ural Mountains | mountain rage that divides Europe from Asia |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist republic |
| Volga River | Longest River of Europe |
| West Siberian Plain | largest level region in the world |
| Yurt | a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting |
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