Unit 5 Vocab

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The Warsaw Pact is a state of political hostility characterized by threats and propaganda, but not open warfare.

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False

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Glasnost ("openness") was a Soviet policy promoting open discussion of political and social issues, initiating democratization.

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True

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A federation is a group of self-governing states.

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True

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Permafrost: No restraints on government authority; few individual rights; includes tyranny, totalitarianism, authoritarianism.

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False

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Domination by one country over another's political, economic, or cultural life.

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Imperialism

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Central fortress in medieval Russian cities, often by a river.

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Kremlin

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From Latin 'caesar', this title for a Russian monarch was first used by Ivan III (1462-1505).

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Czar

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Federal Assembly: Russia's legislature, includes Federation Council (upper house) and State Duma (450-member lower house).

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Federal Assembly

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A government where people elect representatives to make laws.

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republic

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Region of evergreen, coniferous forest below arctic tundra

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taiga