Chapter 7 SQ and Chapter Review Flashcards
Why as Russia sought a warm water port throughout it’s history?
So they can have more trade
What religion is most common among ethnic Russians?
Russian orthodoxy
Czar (tsar)
They were autocrats they had no limits to their power
What kind of government did Lenin initiate?
A communist one
What did Putin do to improve administration throughout Russia’s political divisions?
He grouped them into seven federal districts
oblast
A large region or administrative district similar to a state or province
okrugs
Ten sparsely populated areas mostly in the north
krais
Territories
autonomous republics
Self ruling republics
Name Russia’s two ports on the Baltic Sea
St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad
What 2 canal systems link the ports with Moscow?
The Volga Baltic Waterway and White Sea Baltic Canel
Name 2 republics where descendants of the Tatars now live?
Tatarstan and Bashkortostan
What mountain range divides Europe and Asia?
The Ural Mountains
Name 3 major geographic regions in Siberia.
Taiga forest, the Central Siberian Plateau, and the West Siberian Plain
What is the largest city in Siberia?
Novosibirsk
What is the main Siberian seaport?
Petropavlovsk
Why is Asiatic Russia so important to European Russia?
Trade
autocrat
A ruler with unlimited authority
devolution
De-evolution decadents
kremlin
A massive fortress at the heart of Moscow
steppes
A rolling grass land area
taiga
High latitude evergreen forests
Who was Lenin?
He led the Russia revolution
What does USSR mean?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
