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| How did Vladimir Putin bring significant improvement to the daily life of Russians during his two terms as president? | His reforms helped reduce poverty and led to the emergence of a new middle class, also dramatically expanded Russia’s energy industry, Russia has become a world leader in the production of oil and gas. |
| How is Russia meeting the challenge of making its wide variety of natural resources more accessible? | Russia has built a system of underground pipelines to transport its huge reserves of oil and natural gas. Russia also has built an extensive railroad network that moves goods to markets and customers. |
| How are climate and population density in Russia related? | Most densely populated areas are the regions that have a continental climate, both warm summer and cool summer. The combination of good climate and agriculture in this region has led to the growth of many of Russia’s major cities. much of eastern Russia--Siberia--has a subarctic climate. This climate, which has long, very cold winters and short summers, does not support agriculture. As a result, population is sparse in Siberia. |
| Describe some of Russia’s resources and name two challenges to resource development. | Russia’s resources include timber, fishing, hydroelectric power, oil and gas, metal ores, and minerals. One challenge to the development of all these resources is the great distance separating the resources from areas where they can be processed and markets where they are sold. A second challenge to Russia’s resource development is the harsh Siberian climate in which many of these resources are found. |
| During the Russian revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks used Marx’s ideas to gain the support of workers’ councils known as ___________________, so Lenin could claim the Bolsheviks represented the voices of the working class. | Soviets |
| South of Moscow, the countryside consists mainly of vast areas of grassland, also known as ___________________. | steppes |
| Russia is using its status as a(n) _______________, or an extremely powerful nation, and its wealth of natural resources to be an important player on the world stage. | superpower |
| Many believe the source of Putin’s authoritative style is his involvement with the Soviet era secret police, known as the _________________. | KGB |
| Josef Stalin wanted agriculture to be controlled by groups instead of by individuals, a policy known as __________________. | collectivization |
| Vladimir Lenin led to power a political party called the ___________________, and introduced communism. | Bolsheviks |
| In many areas of northern Russia, a layer of __________________ lies beneath the tundra or the taiga. | permafrost |
| The largest part of Russia, which is called ___________________, stretches eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. | Siberia |
| Which two continents does Russia lie across? | Europe and Asia |
| European Russia is separated from Asiatic Russia by the _______________________. | Ural Mountains |
