Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors
Drag and drop items on the left to the corresponding item on the right. View accessibility instructions.

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

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

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

Russian name for World War II.

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.

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 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.

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

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

Back to top