Chapter 15, 16, 17 vocabulary

Question 0

Ural mountains

Answer 0

The mountain range that separates the north european and the west siberian planes and is the dividing line between Europe and Asia.

Question 1

chernozem

Answer 1

a black topsoil. One of the most fertile soils in all the land

Question 2

Eurasia

Answer 2

the combined continent of Europe and Asia

Question 3

transcaucasia

Answer 3

“region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. located between the caucasus mountains and the borders of turkey and iran.

Question 4

central asia

Answer 4

a region that consists of the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Question 5

siberia

Answer 5

a region of central and eastern russia, stretching from the ural mountains to the Pacific ocean. Known for its miner resource

Question 6

Taiga

Answer 6

belt of evergreen carnivorous forests along the northern hemisphere in north america and Eurasia.

Question 7

continentality

Answer 7

a regions distance from the moderate influencing sea

Question 8

runoff

Answer 8

the rainfall that is not absorbed by soil. it can contain pesticides and fertilizers into local rivers and damage them.

Question 9

tran-siberian railroad

Answer 9

link Moscow to the pacific port of vladivostok

Question 10

baltic republics

Answer 10

countries located on east side of the baltic sea

Question 11

czar

Answer 11

emperor of Russia prior to the Russian revolution

Question 12

Russian revolution

Answer 12

where the communist party took control of the Russian government

Question 13

USSr

Answer 13

union of soviet socialist republics

Question 14

Cold war

Answer 14

conflict between us and soviet union after WW2

Question 15

Command economy

Answer 15

goods and services are determined by a central government

Question 16

Collective Farm

Answer 16

giant farm under the rule of joseph stalin to regulate crops

Question 17

red army

Answer 17

soviet union militairy

Question 18

supra

Answer 18

dinner party wiht many courses and dishes

Question 19

silk road

Answer 19

dangerous route between china and the mediterranean sea

Question 20

Great game

Answer 20

struggle between Britten and Russia for central Asia

Question 21

nomads

Answer 21

people or civilization without a home land

Question 22

yurts

Answer 22

light weight tents of nomads

Question 23

caucasus

Answer 23

region that straddles the caucasus mountains

Question 24

chechnya

Answer 24

one of the republics that remained part of Russia after collapse of soviet union

Question 25

Nagorno–Karabakh

Answer 25

the mountainous area of Azerbaijan fought over by many countries.

Question 26

privitization

Answer 26

the selling of government businesses to private citizens

Question 27

distance decay

Answer 27

the further 2 places are apart the worse their relationships become