Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
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The democratic movement in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

A type of economic system that is not controlled by a central authority but rather left to the free and open collaboration and decisions of the participants in the market.

A significant and highly influential ancient trade route that linked Europe with China.

Russian name for World War II.

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

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

The world's first communist state established in 1917 and encompassed modern day Russia along with a number of countries that surround it. The USSR collapsed in the late 1991.

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

The empire founded by Genghis Khan that extended in the 13th and 14th century across Asia into Europe.

The tendency for empires to become involved in more foreign interventions that they can afford or manage successfully.

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