Russia Content Flashcards
(27 cards)
How does Russia rank when comparing the physical size of the countries of the world?
It is the largest country
What ethnic group are most people in Russia
Slavic
What do you call the currency (money) in Russia?
Ruble
What religion do most people who live in the “stan” countries follow?
Islam (they are Muslim)
What religion are most people in Russia? (those that aren’t atheist)
Eastern Orthodox
Last leader of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
What does Putin say he most wants in this war with Ukraine?
A guarantee that Ukraine will never join NATO, and that NATO will pull back to 1990s borders
What do you call the part of Russia that is east of the Ural Mountains?
Siberia
First leader of the Soviet Union
Lenin
When did the Russian Revolution happen that overthrew the Czar Nicholas?
1917
Russian word for King or Emperor
czar
Why did East Germany build a wall around West Berlin?
To keep the East Germans out of free West Berlin
What are some of the health dangers caused by the drying up of the Aral Sea?
Breathing problems, cancer, birth abnormalities
Huge forest of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic regions like northern Russia
taiga
Was the Soviet Union and the USSR the same thing?
Yes
Has Ukraine taken back some of the land Russia took from them early in the current conflict?
Yes, about 50% of it
Why has the Aral Sea almost disappeared?
The Soviet Union built so many canals to irrigate crops that little water was left to get to the Sea, so most of it evaporated.
Name some events that were part of the Cold War
Berlin Wall, Berlin Blockade and Airlift, Duck and Cover, Arms Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Space Race, Korean War, Vietnam War, U2 Spy Plan Incident
Economic and political system where the government controls the economy, making the decisions about what goods are produced
communism
What has the U.S. done in the Ukraine War?
Supplied money and weapons to Ukraine, placed financial sanctions on Russia, increased its exporting of oil to Europe
Are the battle lines between Ukraine and Russia moving much recently?
No
Layer of permanently frozen soil
permafrost
Treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only a few plants can grow in summer
tundra
What was the Cold War, and when did it take place?
Hostility/Rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from the end of WWII to the fall of the Soviet Union
