Unit 6 Russia

What are Chechen Separatists?

• Rebels who are in the Caucasus region (South Russia) that are in constant conflict with the Russians dating back to 1785.

• Also called the Great Steppe is an ecoregion of Eurasia made up of grasslands stretching from Bulgaria to Eastern China.

• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, was the governing body that controlled Russia from 1922-1991.

• A country that is independent to the world but under the political or military influence or control of another country.

Tundra

• An endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has almost completely dried up.

• World's largest inland sea, or largest lake, that lies east of the Caucasus Mountains.

• Coniferous forest biome area of the northern hemisphere that lies below the arctic circle.

• A biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.

Communism

• Fortified complex of palaces and cathedrals in Moscow that housed the Russian Tsar and the Royal Families.

• Nuclear power plant outside Pripyat, Ukraine, which blew up in 1986 and the USSR tried to cover up.

• Was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has almost completely dried up.

• A Political theory created by Karl Marx leading to a society where all property is publicly owned.

Transcaucasia

• Network of railways in Russia that connect Moscow with the eastern portions of the country and the longest in the world.

• Also called the Great Steppe is an ecoregion of Eurasia made up of grasslands stretching from Bulgaria to Eastern China.

• Made up of the countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, it creates the boundary between Western Asia and Eastern Europe.

• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, was the governing body that controlled Russia from 1922-1991.

Arctic Ocean

• Was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has almost completely dried up.

• The smallest, shallowest and coldest of the world's five oceans centered around the North Pole.

• Simply the Urals, forms the boundary between Europe Asia and runs North to South down Russia.

• World's largest inland sea, or largest lake, that lies east of the Caucasus Mountains.

Also called the Great Steppe is an ecoregion of Eurasia made up of grasslands stretching from Bulgaria to Eastern China.

• Transcaucasia

• Caspian Sea

• Russian Steppe

• Arctic Ocean

Satellite State

• A country that is independent to the world but under the political or military influence or control of another country.

• Made up of the countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, it creates the boundary between Western Asia and Eastern Europe.

• Rebels who are in the Caucasus region (South Russia) that are in constant conflict with the Russians dating back to 1785.

• Also called the Great Steppe is an ecoregion of Eurasia made up of grasslands stretching from Bulgaria to Eastern China.

World's largest inland sea, or largest lake, that lies east of the Caucasus Mountains.

• Arctic Ocean

• Aral Sea

• Russian Steppe

• Caspian Sea

Vast Russian province that takes up most of northern Asia covered mostly in tundra and coniferous forests.

• Siberia

• Chernobyl

• Aral Sea

• Kremlin

Kremlin

• Fortified complex of palaces and cathedrals in Moscow that housed the Russian Tsar and the Royal Families.

• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, was the governing body that controlled Russia from 1922-1991.

• Vast Russian province that takes up most of northern Asia covered mostly in tundra and coniferous forests.

• Was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has almost completely dried up.