Russia Test Review (Vocab.)

the system in which businesses are owned privately, not by the state, and trade is competitive instead of completely regulated

• Market Economy

• Czar

• Black Market

• Perestroika

the title held by the ruler of Russia before the 1917 revolution

• Market Economy

• Czar

• Black Market

• Perestroika

the trade of consumer goods are not available under the government-sanctioned channels

• Market Economy

• Czar

• Black Market

• Perestroika

part of Gorbachev's plan for reforming or "restructuring" the Soviet economy and government

• Market Economy

• Czar

• Black Market

• Perestroika

a Ukrainian town where a nuclear accident occurred in 1986

• Chernobyl

• Peter the Great

• Taiga

• Glasnost

the Russian ruler in the 1600s who strengthened the military, expanded Russia's territory to make "a window on the West", and developed trade with Western Europe

• Chernobyl

• Peter the Great

• Taiga

• Glasnost

a Russian word meaning "forest", used to describe the northern biome that includes broad expanses of coniferous evergreen trees

• Chernobyl

• Peter the Great

• Taiga

• Glasnost

a policy instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev that promoted the greater political and social openness in Russia

• Chernobyl

• Peter the Great

• Taiga

• Glasnost

a natural barrier that marks the traditional boundary between European and Siberian Russia

• Ural Mts.

• Communism

• Privatization

• Satellite

a system of public ownership of all property and a classless society with equal sharing of wealth

• Ural Mts.

• Communism

• Privatization

• Satellite