Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

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

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.

The democratic movement in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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

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.

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

Intellectual belied system developed in 17th and 18th century Europe that's stressed reason over belief and rationality over religion.

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

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

The alphabet used by Slavic languages, such as Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian.

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

An arc tectonic activity, including volcanoes and earthquakes, caused by the movement of tectonic plates that surround the Pacific Ocean.

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