Unit 5: Russia

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Russian Orthodox

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Christian church that is the Russian form of Eastern Orthodoxy

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Empire

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A political unit where large numbers of people of different ethnicities living in different areas are controlled by one ruler.

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Ethnicity

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A group that shares common cultural traits, such as language.

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Republic

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Form of government in which a state or country is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.

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Federation

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Union of self-governing states.

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Factors of Production

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Conditions needed to create goods and services in an economy, generally land, labor, and capital.

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Centralized Government

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A government in which a central authority controls the running of a state.

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Totalitarianism

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Centralized government which controls all aspects of society through the suppression of rights and propaganda.

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USSR

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Created by Lenin in 1922.

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Tsar/Czar

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Title of a Russian emperor before 1917, similar to a king/monarch.