Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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