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| What happen to the Soviet Union in the early 1990's? | It broke up |
| What did Soviet industrial growth do? | It led to serious envirnomental problems. |
| What were serfs? | They were peasant farmers who worked as a virtual slave. |
| What is an accurate statement about the Soviet economy? | It was completely controlled by the government. |
| What is Russia? | The largest country in the world. |
| What is a layer of subsoil that is always frozen called? | permafrost |
| Pogroms were the planned persecution and massacre of who? | Russian Jews |
| What body of water does the Volga River connect Moscow with? | Caspian Sea |
| What is the taiga? | It is an enormous region of forest land. |
| Because Russia has most of the country far from an ocean what happens? | It has extreme variations in temperature. |
| Economic wealth should be distributed more evenly is the main idea behind what? | socialism |
| What is a true statement of a market economy? | Businesses are privately owned. |
| How long did the Cold War last? | 40 years |
| What is privatization? | The move from state-run companies to privately run companies. |
| How has the climate aided Russia? | It forced invaders to retreat from the harsh winters. |
| What is a true statement about fishing in Russia? | Millions of fish die unnecessarily when they are caught in supertrawlers' nets. |
| Percentage of Russians who live in Siberia? | 25% |
| Why was Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate the throne? | Because of the Russian Revolution in 1917. |
| When was unemployment almost nonexsistent? | During the Soviet Era |
| 350,000 people were displaced from their homes in 1986, why? | Because of a fire in a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl |
| What does U.S.S.R. stand for? | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| What is "restructuring"? | perestroika |
| The government program that required people to speak Russian. | Russification |
| The revolutionary group led by Lenin. | Bolshevik |
| Term for greater political openness. | Glasnost |
| Name for a small Soviet farm. | kolkhoz |
| What was philosophy of Karl Marx? | communism |
| What was the struggle between the US and the U.S.S.R. for world influence called? | Cold War |
| People that share a common ancestry, language, religion and customs. | ethic group |
| Name for supreme leader of Russia before the creation of the Soviet Union. | czar |
| What is the by product of producing nuclear power? | nuclear waste |
