Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
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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.

Russian name for World War II.

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

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state

A military alliance formed in 1949 between Canada, the USA and European countries as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

The ideological movement by Russian leaders to promote the active creation of a single Russian empire with one religion and a single language.

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

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

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.

Countries that were part of the Soviet Union, some of which maintained some relative autonomy.

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

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