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| What are the 5 land regions in Russia? |
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1.) Great European Plain
2.) Ural Mountains
3.) West Siberian Lowland
4.) Central Siberian Plateau
5.) East Siberian Uplands |
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| What does the CIS stand for? |
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| Commonwealth of Independent States |
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| How many countries are in the CIS? |
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| What 2 things are climate zones based on? |
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1.) Soil Conditions.
2.) Plant Life/Vegetation. |
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| What are Russia's 4 major climate zones? |
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1.) Tundra
2.) Taiga
3.) Steppe
4.) Arid |
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| What important natural resource is plentiful in both Ukraine and Belarus? |
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| A change meant to make things better. |
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| A Russian king or ruler is better known as a : _________________ . |
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| A ___________ leader is someone who has complete control over a country and its people. |
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| A war of words and ideas between America and the Soviet Union that took place during the late 1900's. |
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| The process of rebuilding government and economic systems. |
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| Openness for citizens in Russia to speak out without being punished |
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| Russia's First True Leader |
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| The czar who modernized Russia. Built museums, schools, and factories. Improved trade in Russia. |
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| A poor leader who was assassinated. His wife later took over. |
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| Woman ruler who encouraged Russians to work in industries instead of farming. She supported education and the arts. |
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| Political party formed in 1922 that formed the Soviet Socialist Republics. They supported communism. |
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| 1st Leader of the Bolshevik party. |
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| Totalitarian leader who took over for Lenin in 1924. He is often compared to Adolf Hiter. |
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| Became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985. Introduced some democratic principles, including glasnost and perestroika. |
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| Elected leader of Russia in 2000. Primary goal was to increase wealth and the standard of living throughout Russia. |
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