Chapter 15 Eastern Europe and Russia all

_________ is the largest country in the world and borders 14 other countries

• England

• Russia

• USA

• China

a plantlike organism that consists of algae and fungus

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Lichens

• Upland

a zone of coniferous trees (evergreen trees that produce cones to hold the seeds and have needles instead of leaves)

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Lichens

• Upland

the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies beneath the surface soil and rocks

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Lichens

• Upland

an area

of high elevation away from the coastline

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Lichens

• Upland

A treeless zone where the ground is permanently frozen, near the Arctic Circle or at high elevations.

• Taiga

• Permafrost

• Lichens

• Tundra

Is the Capital and the largest city of Russia

• Moscow

• Saint Petersburg

• Vladimir

• Blagoveshchensk

Russian word for Caesar or powerful ruler

• Dictator

• King

• Czar

• Emperor

at the bottom of society, farm laborers who could be bought and sold along with the land

• Serfs

• Slaves

• Peasants

• Migrants

the mass murder of vast numbers of an ethnic or cultural group

• Killing

• Genocide

• Suicide

• Holocaust