Russia and its Challenges: A Comprehensive Overview, Quizzes of Geography

Download Russia and its Challenges: A Comprehensive Overview and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Russia strengths DEFINITION 1 Coal, oil, natural gas Export fossil fuel communism? ...is dead-totalitarianism risk Vladimir Putin TERM 2 population DEFINITION 2 EXTREME problem dealing RNI- drop out of top 10 TERM 3 life expectancy DEFINITION 3 girlZ-----72boyZ----57!-hazardous jobs-smoking & drinking----- > cheap vodka-party culture-cold BURR BURR TERM 4 Chernobyl DEFINITION 4 nuclear reactor-entombed Ukraine Radiation to: grass--->animals--->ppl ground h2o gather wild berries/mushrooms TERM 5 Continentality DEFINITION 5 closer h2o more extreme climate hot/coldRussia, Central Asia TERM 6 mikrorayon DEFINITION 6 Housing project1970s and 80s Soviet eraIntended to create sense of community, but serves asanonymoushousing in metro areas TERM 7 Human trafficking DEFINITION 7 mold, ukraine, belarus TERM 8 former ussr: Women marry... DEFINITION 8 men from eastern countries Why? Their men are poor and die early TERM 9 CIS DEFINITION 9 commonwealth of independent states TERM 10 Rustification DEFINITION 10 Soviet policy of moving Russians into non-russian parts make them "more russian"- russiandominance over outlying areas Post USSRRustification reversed language/citizenrequirementsto make russians leave Govintensivesto return