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World Geography: Russia

Vocabulary

Question: people freely elect their leaders
Answer: democracy 

Question: products that are sold directly to the public
Answer: consumer goods

Question: farm laborer who could be bought and sold with the land
Answer: Serf

Question: power is divided between national and state government 
Answer: federal republic 

Question: head of the Roman Orthodox church
Answer: patriarch 

Landforms

Question: Two mountain ranges rise in Western Russia, the Urals and the ________________. 
Answer: Caucasus 

Question: Lake Baikal is the world's _____________ freshwater lake. 
Answer: deepest 

Question: The world's largest reserves of natural gas lie in _______________.
Answer: Turkmenistan 

Question: Few people live in Turkmenistan, because it is made up of ___________. 
Answer: Garagum Desert 

Question: Uzbekistan is one of the world's largest producers of _____________. 
Answer: Cotton 

Russia's History

Question: change the economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming 
Answer: industrialize 

Question: Emperor 
Answer: czar

Question: ___________ leader of the French army that invaded Russia in 1812. 
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte 

Question: The early capital of Russia designed to be like a European City was __________. 
Answer: St. Petersburg 

Question: An ethnic group that is trying to become independent from Russia is the _____________. 
Answer: Chechens 

Communism

Question: _____________ leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Answer: Joseph Stalin 

Question: The leader who set up a communists state in 1917 was ___________. 
Answer: Vladimir Lenin 

Question: During WWII, the Soviet Union fought on the side of __________. 
Answer: U.S.A

Question: The Soviet leader who killed or imprisoned those who opposed him was ____________. 
Answer: Joseph Stalin

Question: Fearing invasion, the communists moved the Russian capital to _______________. 
Answer: Moscow 

After Communism

Question: The imaginary line dividing the Communist Eastern Europe countries from the West after WWII is called a(n)____________. 
Answer: iron curtain 

Question: The leader who introduced glastnost to the Soviet Union was _____________. 
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev 

Question: _______________ was the first president of Russia after the fall of communism. 
Answer: Boris Yeltsin 

Question: What does "Democracy is built on the rule of the law" mean?
Answer: In the past Russian leaders did whatever they wanted to, and now they are working towards following the laws that are set. They must also respect citizens opinions, and not lock them up for speaking against their ideas. 

Question: Describe the status of women in Russia. 
Answer: -women and men have equal rights
-expected to do most of the household work
-women earn less money than men