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Russian & Eurasian Republics

Russian & Eurasian Republics. C-Scope Unit 6 Lessons 1-3 Vocabulary Review. 1. What treaty , signed in 1955, established an alliance among the Soviet Union and other republics?. The Warsaw Pact. 2. What is one of the two houses of the Russian Legislature called?. Duma.

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Russian & Eurasian Republics

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  1. Russian & Eurasian Republics C-Scope Unit 6 Lessons 1-3 Vocabulary Review

  2. 1. What treaty, signed in 1955, established an alliance among the Soviet Union and other republics? The Warsaw Pact

  3. 2. What is one of the two houses of the Russian Legislature called? Duma

  4. 3. What is a subarctic evergreenconiferous forest of northern Eurasia located south of the tundra? Taiga

  5. 4. Which term refers to the “lessening of tension”? Detente

  6. 5. What is a government that is controlled by an outside force? Puppet Government

  7. 6. What is a treeless area between the icecap & the Arctic region? Tundra

  8. 7. Which term means “to be removed from power”? Deposed

  9. 8. What was the period of rivalry and tension between the United States & the Soviet Union called? The Cold War

  10. 9. What is something passed down from preceding generations called? Heritage

  11. 10. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985 who began reducing the Cold War tensions with the United States? Mikhail Gorbachev

  12. 11. What is an economic & political system in which the governmentcontrols the economy and all property is shared by the community? Communism

  13. 12. What is material designed to spread certain beliefs called? Propaganda

  14. 13. Who was the ruler of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964? Nikita Khrushchev

  15. 14. What was the period between 1958 & 1964, under Khrushchev, where citizens & artists began to have more freedoms called? The Thaw

  16. 15. What is the capital of Russia? Moscow

  17. 16. Who was the ruler/dictatorof the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953, whose name means “steel” & was feared by many? Joseph Stalin

  18. 17. In Russia, an emperor is called- A Czar

  19. 18. What was an invisible barrier between the people of Eastern & Western Europe after WWII called? Iron Curtain

  20. 19. Which term means to change for the better? Reform

  21. 20. What is a system in which there is only one political party & only one candidate to choose from for each government position? One-Party System

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