Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
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Political fragments of a state not physically connected to that state and surrounded by the territory of one or other nations.

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.

Region found between the tundra and steppe regions of northern latitudes that is generally composed of coniferous forests.

A system of labor camps maintained in the Soviet Union in the early to mid 20th century.

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

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

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.

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

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

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

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.

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