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| the 15 republics that made up the U.S.S.R. |
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| "oppurtunists" in Russia (post-Soviet) who had an advantage because of government ties; wealthy, elite |
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| study of distribution of climatic conditions and why it's so |
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| inland climatic environment remote from moderating and moistening maritime influences -- ENVIRONMENT WITH CONTINENTAL CLIMATE |
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| atmospheric conditions at a given place/time |
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| treeless plain along the Arctic coast (mosses/lichens/some grasses survive) |
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| confiferous forests, directly south of tundra (Siberia in Russia) |
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| frozen water in ground; in Arctic Lowland |
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| a capital city built to claim the land it is on; St. Petersburg towards Swedish Finland |
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| the grow and maintance of an empire |
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| Soviet-controlled migration of Russians to push minorities east |
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| division of power between national and regional governments |
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| private farms are grouped together into large-scale, state-run enterprises |
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| imperialistic nations take over other territories to exploit them for a profit |
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| manufacturers were assigned jobs by the government |
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| regions/nation-states that have a central governing power |
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| the deteriation of interactions between places due to the large distance between them |
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| a decrease in national population |
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| the "heartland" of Eurasia (East Europe, West Russia) would gain enough power for world domination because of natural protection and resource wealth; CREATED BY HALFORD MACKINDER (British geographer) |
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| the heartland of a state; has much of population, leading cities, major industries, densest transportation networks, most intesively cultivated lands, other key components of the country |
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