Chapter 16 Building Vocabulary Worksheet

Name Date Chapter A Diverse Heritage 16 In-Depth Resources: Unit 5 Building Vocabulary Baltic Republics St. Petersburg Russian Revolution USSR Cold War command economy collective farm Red Army sup...

Name Date Chapter A Diverse Heritage 16 In-Depth Resources: Unit 5 Building Vocabulary Baltic Republics St. Petersburg Russian Revolution USSR Cold War command economy collective farm Red Army supra Silk Road nomads Great Game yurts A. Sentence Completion Select the term that best completes the sentence. 1. The ____________________ include Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. 2. The former capital of Russia, named ___________________, provided direct access by sea to western Europe. 3. The Soviet government created enormous ___________________ on which large teams of laborers were gathered to work together. 4. By the early 1920s, the ____________________—the name of the Soviet military— had taken control of Transcaucasia 5. The _______________________ is the name given by Arthur Connolly to the struggle between Great Britain and Russia over Central Asia. B. Matching Match the definition in the second column with the word in the first column. Write the appropriate letter next to the word. c. an elaborate dinner party _________ 1. Russian Revolution d. a trade route through Central Asia _________ 2. USSR e. people who have no permanent _________ 3. Cold War home. f. a type of economy in which _________ 4. command the central government makes all important decisions economy _________ 5. supra g. a revolt that ended the rule of the czars _________ 6. Silk Road h. conflict between the United States and Copyright © McDougal Littell Inc. the _________ 7. nomads Soviet Union that never grew into _________ 8. yurts direct warfare a. a nation created by the Communist Party b. a tent used by nomads C. Writing About Geography Imagine that you are a foreign correspondent visiting the Soviet Union in 1935. Using each of the following terms correctly, write a news report about conditions in this new nation. Use the back of this page and underline each term you use. USSR collective farm Red Army Russian Revolution command economy A Diverse Heritage 17