Russia Flashcards

4,000 people died from it (the original number was 40,000)

4,000 people died from it (the original number was 40,000)

What were the human results of the Chernobyl disaster?

Abstract Style

What type of influences did Russia eventually adopt in their paintings?

Aluminum, copper, lead, iron, zinc, gold and silver

What mineral resources does Russia have?

Amur River

What river separates Russia from China?

Arctic Ocean

Most of Russia's rivers empty into what ocean?

Autocracy, which means one person was in charge.

What was Russia's government like before the Russian Revolution?

Ballet

What art form is Russia most known for?

Because of climate limited transportation links and vastness (large size) of the country.

Why is Siberia finding it so difficult to develop like western Russia?

Caucasus Mountains

What mountain range separates Russia from Georgia?

Chernobyl

What happened on April 26th, 1986?

cities

Where do most people in Russia live?

Coal, oil, natural gasses, and fossil fuels

What are some (4) of Russia's non-renewable resources?

cotton

What crop is grown in Central Asia?

Eastern Orthodox

What is the predominant religion of Russia?

Europe and Asia

Russia is located on what two continents?

Increased investment in the oil industry.

What is causing Russia's economy to grow?

intricate detail, colorful, onion shaped domes, tall towers, small windows

5 aspects of traditional Russia architecture

It has caused collapses of the local fishing industry, pollution due to fertilizer run off, pesticides and industrial waste; increase in respiratory illnesses in the region.

What has the shrinkage of the Aral Sea caused?

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

5 countries of Central Asia

Lake Baikal is the deepest fresh water lake and it's located In Southern Siberia.

What is the deepest fresh water lake called and what part of Russia is located?

Leo Tolstoy wrote the novel War and Peace. Anton Chekhov wrote the plays The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

3 pieces of Russian literature and their authors

Most of Russia is a tundra climate, so most of its soil is frozen.

Why does Russia not have as much arable land as the US?

Oil spills from leaky pipes, radiation waste from power plants, and air pollution from poor factory air standards

Explain some of the pollution problems Russia is facing

oil, gas and coal

What type of natural resources does Russia have?

over irrigation

Why is the Aral Sea only 20% the size it used to be?

People live in single-family homes. In some remote places, homes lack basic plumbing, running water, gas and electricity. The quality of health care and education is lower in the country.

What does "country life" in Russia entail?

Propaganda posters influence opinion.

Why are propaganda posters such a big part of Russia art?

root vegetables

What is the staple food for Russia?

Russia consumes less oil than it extracts.

How is Russia able to put so much crude oil into the market?

Siberia

What is the eastern region of Russia called?

Taiga, Tundra, Steppe

What is the climate of Russia like (there are 3 climate zones so don't just say cold!)

The air isn't blowing off a warm current in the ocean.

Why do warm ocean currents not warm Russia?

The Aral Sea & it's between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

What is the largest body of enclosed water and where is it located?

The area isn't very populated.

Russia just had a dormant volcano become, but they aren't really concerned about it. Why not?

The climate is warmer there and they have a top layer of soil that is more arable than the clay beneath.

Why is the western side of Russia so fertile?

The entire environment was destroyed and nothing was decomposing because the bacteria and fungi were destroyed from the radiation.

What were the environmental results of the Chernobyl disaster?

The establishment of the Soviet government in the early 1920s led to censorship of literature in Russia. Censorship means to control or restrict something.

What is censorship and how does it relate to Russia?

The market didn't show steady growth and they weren't increasing living standards.

Why has it been difficult for Russia to transition to a free market economy?

The Ring of Fire

The Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Siberia is located on the what?

The Warsaw Pact was a group of countries led by the Soviet Union that were communist. The U.S. created the created the NATO to combat the pact.

What is the Warsaw Pact and what was the US's response to it?

There's oil at the bottom of it.

Why is the Caspian Sea so important to this regions economy?

They built a dome around it, but today it's collapsing. They're trying to build an even stronger one.

How did they try to fix Chernobyl in the 1980s? What about today?

They don't have transportation or roads.

Why does Siberia have such poor infrastructure?

They had a Communist economy, which means the government controlled the population, and no one can own land.

What type of government did Russia have from 1917-1990 and what did that mean for their economy?

They wanted to ban nuclear weapons.

What did Russia decide about nuclear weapons after their experience with Chernobyl?

Timber, water, fish, and crops

What are some (4) of Russia's renewable resources?

Ural Mountains

What divides Europe from Asia and is the longest mountain range in Russia?

Western Russia

What side of Russia has a strong infrastructure?