Russia notes

7 economic tigers

What does USSR stand for?

What is the largest continent?

What is the central country of Eurasia?

Who came up with the heartland theory?

What is the theory that whoever controls the heartland will control the eurasian continent and whoever controls the eurasion continent controls the world?

what is the heartland?

When did people start paying attention to Russia?

How much of the world did the old USSR take up?

How much of the old USSR did Russia take up?

How many different time zones would you go through if you went from Lenigrad to Voldestak

85% of Russia is above the latitude of what american state?

What is the area east of the Ural Mountains

What is the average temperature of Verkhoyansk in February

What is the evergreen forest called around Verkhoyansk?

What is the name for permantly frozen ground that's been there from the last ice age (10,000 years ago, OE)

What do cities in Siberia do when they can't have cement sidewalks because of the cold?

Where is the great resource reserve in the world that just hasn't been tapped yet?

What is the deepest lake in the world?

How do they want to tap the natural resources in Siberia?

What is the name for the project that is trying to extract the resources from Siberia?

Who said "Go west young man, go west."

What was considered the new frontier of Russia

On what land form are there a few natural resources but not much

What river creates a swamp that is over 1/3 the size of America

Why did Cosmonauts have to carry guns in their capsules?

Why can't Russians tap into the oil in the swamp caused by the Ob River

Who did Russia turn to when they got away from the USSR

Is Russia a nation state or just a state?

How many different cultures and tribes are there in Russia?

Where do a lot of the tribes make their home?

What area in Russia would really love to break away but Russia won't let them? *they have rebels making lots of issues

What are some examples of what the Chechnyan rebels have done?

Name a country that starts with 'D' that wants to break away from Russia

What is another word for a "dukedom"

What title did the royal family originally give themselves?

What did the locals call the Royal family in Russia?

People from what country married into the Ivans?

Who are the people that came from the Steppes of Russia and were wild horseman related to the Mongols?

what is the term for a mixture of people?

What 6 people groups came together to become the original Russians?

Who were the 2 famous Ivans, and what different title did they start to go by in the 1500's?

how many little kingdoms did the czars take over?

what other title did Ivan III go by?

what other title did Ivan the IV go by?

Give 3 examples for why Ivan the Terrible was so terrible

People got together and decided to dump the Ivans, what family did they put in their place?

When will the Romanoff's rule end?

During what time did Peter the Great rule?

What was wrong with Peter the Great's half brother?

Where was Peter the Great sent to by his half brother?

What was Peter the Great's first act after overthrowing his half brother?

Who did Peter the Great hire to build the port?

Why did Peter the Great go to the Netherlands

What kind of government did Peter pick up from Europe?

Who was the German Princess who was 11 years old when she married the czar of Russia?

How did Catherine the Great overthrow her husband?

What is the name of the museum that Catherine the Great set up in Russia with tons of European artifacts?

Why did Catherine the Great fight the Turks for the Black Sea?

What is the one set back the Russia's warm water port in the Black Sea?

When Russia really started moving west what areas did they take? at least for the time being

How long did the experiment with Communism last?

What was the first about the Russia o' Japenese war?
(1905-1906)

How did Japan succeed in beating Russia

What did Russia do to the railroad after the Russia o' Japenese war?

What was wrong with Nicolas II as a ruler

What was wrong with Nicolas II only son?

Who did the czarina bring when her son was found to be sick?

What were the letters written between Nicolas II and the keiser of Germany nicknamed?

What were the feelings of Russians toward their government after WWI

What is another name for The War Years (1917-1921)

Who were the Red Russians

Who were the white Russians?

What were the 3 groups involved in the Russian Revolution?

Who started Communism?

Who tried to bring democracy to Russia?

What was the first attempt at a change in goverment after the Czars?

How long did the attempt at democracy last in Russia

Who started the Communist party in Russia during the time of democracy?

Who wanted radical overthrow of the Russian government

Who wanted the Russian government overthrown in a somewhat peaceful way?

How did Lenin get the economy going again after the Russian Revolution?

What important event happened in Russia in 1923

Who took over after Lenin died?

What did Stalin do with communism in Russian?

Where was Stalin originally from?

What happened if you were suspected of betrayal in Russia during Stalin rule?

How were things produced in Russia during communist rule?

How long were the plans devised in Russia during Stalin rule

What famous leader wanted the Heartland?

How was Hitler defeated at Staligrad?

When was Russia finally recognized as a superpower?

How many Russians died at Staligrad?

What did we discover about Russia during 1945-1948?

Who developed the containment policy?

What countries did we stop Russia from getting?

What was the Cold War a battle between?

Who took over after Stalin?

What was Khtushchev's background?

What concepts did Khrushchev come up with (2)

What are the virgin lands?

Why did the virgin land concept not work in the end?

What was a garden plot?

What in essense was the garden plot?

What was producing more food than the state farms

Even though garden plots were a poison to communism why did they keep them?

When did Russia fall?

Was Russia still a superpower in 1990?

How was the black market started?

What Russian leader finally ended Communism?

What area in Russia is considered the land of opportunities?

What is the largest country in the world?

What are 4 reasons why Russia was a military superpower?

What are 3 things Russia struggled to develop after the fall of communism?

What is the triangle created by St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Irkutsk called?

What country bordering Russia hates Russia and wants to even take some of its land?

What Russian city is compared to our Detroit and why?

What Russian city is compared to San diago and why?

What Russian city is compared to New York and why?

What was Russia's attempt to keep the provinces, now countries, together after the fall of the communism?

What were 2 reasons why Russia didn't want to lose the areas around them?

How did the Ukraine instantly become a military superpower after the fall of communism?

Who made a deal with the Ukraine that if they disabled their silohs they would help them rebuild?

Why did Russia not want to lose Azerbaijan?

What countries make up the Caucuses?

Which 2 countries have a huge geographical problem and why?

How old does Georgia claim some people are in their country?

What 4 reasons are given for why people in Georgia live so long?

What area is an experimental area for many researchers?

What states in the US could you put together to get the size of the caucus countries?

What is an archipelago?

What country is an archipeloga?

How many islands make up Japan?

How would you compare the length of Japan to the US?

What is the size of Japan?

How much of Japan is made up of mountains?

What is the leading country in ocean development?

What percentage of Japan is usable farm land?

What percent of Japenese land is terracing?

What is the term for growing more than one thing in the same area at the same time?

What is an example of intercropping in Japan

What has Taiwan placed in the world of economics for the last 25 years?

Between which two countries has our debt back and forth?

Who are the older people in Japan?

Which Asian country does not have a lot of ancient history?

What is the realistic date of how old Japan is?

Where did Japan get its people from?

Who did the Japanese claim was their first emporer?

What is the symbol on the Japanese flag?

What do the Japanese claim they have the longest of?

What happened in Japan from 600-700 AD?

Why couldn't they kill the royal family?

who was the leader of the military take-over?

What were Japanese military soldiers called?

What did the Japanese do with the royal family since they couldn't kill them?

During the time of the shoguns Japan was a lot like what other era?

What era of Europe did the Japanese really get scared of and therefore shut themselves off to the world?

What religious group showed up in Japan?

How many Japanese converts were there gestimated?

What traditional Japanese religion did the Japanese converts affect?

When was Japan first closed off to the rest of the world?

What 2 things were not allowed to happen in Japan during the time it was cut off from the rest of the world?

What was the one ship that was allowed to come into the Nagasaki port in Japan?

When did Japan finally open up again?

What import era had take place while Japan was closed off?

What bay did comador Perry sail up to to demand Japan to open up?

How long did comador Perry give Japan time to decide to open up?

How many ships did comador Perry bring with him when he came back to Japan?

After the Japanese military leaders lost face who took over?

What did the Meigi restoration do?

What is Japanese legislature called today?

When did the US become a world power?

Who did Japan copy for their politics and army?

Who did Japan copy for their Navy?

What 2 cabinet members did the Japanese prime minister not get to pick?

what happens if the cabinet is not filled?

in 1895 the Japanese went after the Chinese in what war?

What land did Japan take in the Sino-Japanese war?

in 1905-1906 Japan took on the Russians in what war?

What country did Japan take on in 1910?

What 2 new world superpowers do we have after WWI

What territory was given to Japan after WWI?

what alliance forms in 1930

when did WWII start?

When did we enter into WWII and why?

When was Pearl Harbor?

How was America getting sandwiched?

what is island hopping?

who was the president who made the decision about dropping the atomic bomb?

How many atomic bombs did we drop?

Who was the only country to have an atomic bomb dropped on them?

We told Japan to turn their aggression from military to what?

At one point what percentage of the buildings in New York did Japan own?

The fact that Japanese workers work till the job is done and rarely quit that job shows what kind of mentality

Why was there a very high suicide rate amond Japanese students?

What size are some of the largest farms in Japan?

What is the size of an average farm in Japan

What was the first population policy created by Japan called?

How many different religions do they have in just tokyo alone?

What are 2 major relgions in Japan?

What are 2 things that Japan copied from America that were bad for their health?

due to Japan bring fast food into the country what has gone up?

What is the large green area that surrounds Tokyo? and the beset agricutural area

What are 2 centers for industry in Japan?

What sea is huge for industry in Japan?

What are the incredibly fast trains in Japan?

How did Japan get a lot of its resources?

What is Japan precariously sitting on top?

what are the plates that touch Japan a part of?

What resource does Japan have that could be a serious issue with earthquakes?

Every how many years does Tokyo get devistated?

Japan has a lot of earthquakes and a lot of what else?

What is Korea's real name?

What does Choson mean?

How did Korea start?

Which tribe took over in Korea?

What dynasty lasted for 600 years in Korea?

What religions are big in Korea?

What indicates that the Korean war action is not over?

When Japan had control over what did they do to the Korean people?

How long did Korea not have to govern themselves?

What was the movement called when Russia came from the North and the US came from the South and cut off Japan?

What was Russia doing while they were in the North?

What did the US do on August 15, 1948 in Korea?

What did Russia do on Semptember 9th, 1948?

What is Japan's real name?

Who was considered by many to be the George Washington of South Korea?

In South Korea where does most of the power still lie?

Who was the first "president" of North Korea?

How long was Kim Il-Sung dictator of North Korea?

How old was Kim Il-Sung's son when he took over as dictator and what had been his previous job?

What happened on June 25, 1950?

which US president brought the issue of fighting in Korea to the UN?

How was it possible that the UN voted yes to fighting to keep Korea free?

Who did the UN and the US together pick to lead the action in Korea?

What was another name for General Macarthur?

What sea in Korea did the troops come in on to pinch off communist forces?

What was the setting like when Macarthur attacked Korea?

What issue cause President Truman to have to fire General Macarthur?

The UN was winning the Korean Peace action until what point?

How long did the UN and Northern Korean forces go back and forth?

How many UN soldiers died?

What was the position of the boundary line both before and after the war?

In 1953 where did the conference take place between North Korea and and UN?

What was declared in July of 1953 for the Korean peace action?

what does armistice mean?

How long have we been "talking" in Korea?

What is the strongest point in North Korea right now?

When the Olympics were held in Sole who wanted to be a part of it?

How many events did the olympic committee allow them to hold and what one was the most important?

what was the one requirement that the olympic committee made of North Korea?

How far away is Sole from the 38th parallel via military jet?

What percentage of Koreans are Christians?

How many Chinese Christians are there?

in what way in South Korea better than us according to Professor Jenkinson?

Most young men in Korea have to serve in the army for how many years?

which of the 7 economic tigers is close allies with us?

North Korea is on the US list for being what?

What is the country of Taiwan shaped like?

Why is Taiwan not considered by some to be its own country?

Which of the 7 economic tigers is on of our strongest trading partners?

What people in Taiwan wanted to be left alone?

Why did a lot of Chinese flee to Taiwan?

What did Taiwan used to be called?

Who led the Democratic Republic of China?

Who immediately accepted the the Democratic Republic of China as China?

what is another name for mainland China?

Who at one time was the 4th largest trading partner with us?

in the mid 1800's what wars were fought in Hong Kong?

Where did the westerners originally have their warehouses in China?

When China wanted the westerners out what did they do?

What area of Chine did the Portugese take?

When was the 99 year lease created

What was the 99 year lease

When did the 99 year lease go up?

What did Britain decide to do when the 99 year lease went up?

What did Hong Kong become when the Communists took over?

what did Hong Kong become the Avenue for?

How many Chinese escaped to Hong Kong per month after the communists took over?

When did the Portugese give up Macal?

What area in China still receives special economic privileges even now?

What city is also a country?

What country is gaining land from the ocean like the Netherlands?

Where are there 200 pirate attacks annually?

Where did the British cut through during the age of exploration?

What did the British make along the straights?

What man saw that the straight developments wasn't working?

Where did Raffles develop a port?

What is evidence that Singapore was a rough place?

When did Singapore become independent of Britain?

Who was elected as leader of Singapore who later became almost a dictator?

How did Lee clean up Singapore?