Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

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

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

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.

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

A blueprint for Soviet city structures, which was influential in creating the urbanized structure of modern Russia.

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 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.

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

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

Russian name for World War II.

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