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Unit 5 Vocabulary
Unit 5 Russia and the Republics Vocabulary World Geography Period 9
Term | Definition |
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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 and the subsequent creation of the Soviet Union in 1922 |
Russian revolution | The revolt of 1917 , in which the Russian communist party, led by V.I. Lenin, took control of the government from the czars |
USSR | The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union, formed in 1922 by the communists and officially dissolved in 1991 |
Cold War | The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, called :cold” because it never escalated into open warfare |
Command economy | A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy |
Collective farm | An enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team for laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin’s reign |
Red Army | The name of the Soviet Union’s military |
Supra | Georgian (Russian) term for dinner party, with many dishes and courses, toasts, and short speeches |
Silk Road | The 4,000-mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China |
Great Game | A struggle between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for control of Central Asia in the 19th century. |
Nomad | A person with no permanent home who moves according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land. |
Yurt | A tent of CentralAsia’s nomads |
Chernozem | Black topsoil, one of the world’s most fertile soils |
Transcaucasia | A region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; located between the Caucasus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran |
Siberia | A region of central and eastern Russia , stretching from he Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile. |
Central Asia | A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan |
Eurasia | The combined continent of Europe and Asia |
Ural Mountains | The mountain ranges that separate the Northern European and West Siberian plains and are used as the dividing line between Europe and Asia |
Continentality | A region’s distance from the moderating influence of the sea. |