Chapter 6 Key Term Quiz

Russia and Its Neighbors

A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.

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

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 type of economic system that is controlled and planned by the central government.

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

The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state

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

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

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

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

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

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