Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

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

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

Russian name for World War II.

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

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

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

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

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