Russia and the republics

1. Russia and the republics Espn&Mapping On page 37 of your isn, create an ESPN chart for this region. Use you atlas and textbook pages 338-390 for information.

2. Russia and the republics Economics Social Ethnic Groups Finnish, Turkish, Mongolian, Slavic, Baltic, Caucasian, etc. Religions Orthodox Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism Now have many cultural opportunities in large cities. Customs Though only a small percentage of people live in rural areas, many have country homes with gardens Banya- bathhouses • Land Use • Farming, Ranching, Herding, Forestry, Urban, Nomadic Herding • Resources • Oil, Natural gas, Coal, Aluminum, Copper, Tin • Command Economy • Government control • Obstacles • Distance Decay-long distance between places make communication and transport difficult. • Organized Crime

3. Russia and the republics Political Natural environment Landforms Plains, Plateaus, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, lakes. Climate- extremes Humid continental&Subarctic Continentality, proximity to pole (latitude) and altitude Biomes Tundra, forest, steppe, desert Aral Sea Shrinking due to diversion of river for irrigation • Control from Vikings to Mongols • At one time an empire ruled by a czar. • Russian revolution ended czars rule in 1917. • Communist party creates the nation of the USSR. • Led to the cold war between US and USSR beginning in the 1940s until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. • Independent republics established.

4. Russia and the republics political physical Ural Mts Aral Sea Caspian Sea Black Sea Kamehaltka Peninsula Central Siberian Plateau Caucasus Mts West Siberian Plain Northern European Plain Artic Ocean Pacific Ocean Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Russia Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Azerbaijan • Estonia • Latvia • Belarus • Luthuania • Moldova • Georgia • Armenia