Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
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A blueprint for Soviet city structures, which was influential in creating the urbanized structure of modern Russia.

A plan initiated in 1953 to open up vast areas of Kazakhstan steppe to grain production.

A very rich business person who might also maintain a great deal of political authority. Oligarchs proliferated in Russia after the fall of the USSR as many previously state owned assets were acquired below market value.

The democratic movement in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The alphabet used by Slavic languages, such as Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian.

A vast network of pipelines used to transport oil and gas deposits from Russia and central Asia to markets in Europe and China.

Refers to those countries that were formerly part of the old Soviet Union, but decided to separate from Russia after its fall.

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

An arc tectonic activity, including volcanoes and earthquakes, caused by the movement of tectonic plates that surround the Pacific Ocean.

A type of economic system that is controlled and planned by the central government.

An empire that developed from the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople that lasted from 285 until 1483.

Intellectual belied system developed in 17th and 18th century Europe that's stressed reason over belief and rationality over religion.

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