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15-17 WG
places and terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ural moutains | serperate the northern eurpoean and west siberian plains |
| eurasia | the combined continet of europe and asia |
| transcaucasia | region that consists of the republics of armenia, azberjian, and gerogia; lovated between the caucasus moutains and the borders of turkey and iran |
| central asia | a region that includes the republics of kazahkstan, kyrgstan, tajikstan, turkmenistan, and uzbekistan |
| siberia | a region of central and eastern russia, stretching from the ural moutains to the pacific ocean, known for it's mineral resources and for being a place of political exile |
| continentality | a regions distance from the moderating influence of the sea |
| taiga | a nearly continous belt of evergreen coniferous forests across thenorthern hemisphere, in north america and eurasia |
| runoff | rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers |
| trans-siberian railroad | a railroad that would eventually link moscow to the pacific port of vladivosotok; built between 1891-1903 |
| baltic republics | countries of latica lithuania and estonia located on the eastern coast of the baltic sea |
| czar | the emperor of russia [rior to the russian revolution of 1917 and the subsequent creation of the soviet union in 1922 |
| russian revolution | revolt of 1917 in which the russian commmunist party, led by v.i. lenin, took control of the government from the czars |
| ussr | union of soviet socialist republics or soviet union formed in 1922 by the communists and offically dissolved |
| cold war | conflict between the untied states and the soviet union after WW2 called "cold" vecause it never escalated into open warfare |
| command economy | type of economic system in whihc production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usuallyowns the means of production. "planned economy" |
| collective farm | and enormous farm in the soviet union on which a large team of laboreres were gathered to work together during joseph stallins reign |
| red army | name of the soviets army |
| supra | georgian (russian) term for dinner party, with many dishes, courses, toasts, and short speeches |
| silk road | 4,000 mile route between china and the mediterannen sea, named for costly silk acquired in china |
| nomad | person with no perm. home, moves from place to place according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land |
| great game | struggle between the british empire and the russian empire for control of central asia in the 19th century |
| yurt | a tent of central asia's nomads |
| caucasus | region that straddles the caucasus moutains, which stretches from to the black and caspian sea |
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