| A | B |
| Tundra | Treeless plain where a few inches of soil thawin summer. |
| Permafrost | Frozen layers of soil in tundra and subarctic. |
| Taiga | Huge forest of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic |
| Czar | Russian rulers of the past |
| Industrialize | Rely on manufacturinfg more than farming. |
| Perestroika | Allowdd economy to go to free enterprise. |
| Glasnost | Russian Policy of openess |
| Nuclear Energy | Power made by an atomic reaction |
| Life Expectancy | Number of years ave. person is expected to live. |
| Fault | Crack in earth's crust |
| Oasis | Fertile arrea in the desert. |
| Elevation | Height above sea level. |
| Rule of Law | Laws govern everyone. |
| Ural Mountains | Mt. range divides Europe from Russia. |
| 14 | How many countries border Russia |
| 11 | Number of TIme Zones in Russia. |
| Demands go down | SUpplies increase |
| Baikal | Largest Freshwater Lake |
| West | COld Summers, short warm summers |
| East | COls winters with very short summers |
| North | Cold year round |
| Ob, Volga, Yenessy, Lena | Rivers of Russia |
| Cold WInters | What caused Napoleon to lose in Russia |
| Communism | Type of Governmen installed after the overthrow of the Czar |
| USSR | Name Surria became after the Revolution |
| Russian Orthodox, Christianity, and Muslim | Religions of Russia |