Russia Flashcards
Why did Chernobyl happen and how could it have been avoided?
It happened due to a pressure and power buildup in the lower parts of the reactor, it also happened due to the reactor being built poorly.
It could have been avoided if the building of the reactor had not been rushed and if the director had not had such a superiority complex.
Why did the Aral Sea shrink?
It shrunk due to irrigation drainage.
In once brothers what incident caused the breakup of the team and why did the friendship between Vlade and Drosden become distant?
The flag incident caused the breakup of the team because the Croatians felt disrespected and the media blew it out of proportion. The friendship became distant because of the flag incident.
Chernozem
Black earth where the soil is black and some of the best soil for farming.
Ural Mountains
Mountains that separate the Northern European and west Siberian plains.
Eurasia
What people call Europe and Asia since they believe that they are one continent.
Transcaucasia
A region that consists of the republics of Armenia,Azerbaijan,and Georgia.
Central Asia
A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,and Uzbekistan.
Siberia
The part of Russia that lies on the continent of Asia.
Continentality
A region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea.
Taiga
A nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forest across the northern hemisphere, in North America and Eurasia.
Runoff
Rainfall not absorbed y the soil that runs into streams and rivers.
Trans-Siberian railroad
A railroad that would eventually link Moscow to the pacific port of Vladivostok;built between 1891 and 1903.
Baltic republics
The countries of Latvia,Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
Czar
The emperor of Russia prior to the Russian revolution of 1917
