Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
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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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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