World Geography 4/22

1st Period students need to complete the guided reading questions below and be ready to take a reading quiz on the questions on Wednesday.

Unit 13 Northern Eurasia Guided Reading 2011


Physical Geography- Use pages 357-364

Mountains and Plateaus

1. The Ural Mountains mark a traditional boundary between which two parts of Russia?

2. Which mountain chain lies in the southwestern part of Russia? And which two bodies of water does it lie between?

Plains Areas

3. Why do many swamps and lakes form on the Northern European Plain in Russia?

4. What percentage of Russians live on the Northern European Plain? Why?

Coasts, Seas, and Lakes

5. What percent of the world’s fresh water is contained in Lake Baikal?

Rivers

6. What three beneficial things does the Volga River provide the Russians with?

Soil and Forest Land

7. Why is it a challenge to transport crops from where they grow in the chernozem soil of the south to cities in the north?

High-Latitude Regions

8. Because most of Russia is far away from any moderating ocean influence, its interior has extreme temperature change and little precipitation. What is this known as?

Tundra

9. Most of the Tundra lies within the Arctic Circle. What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?

Subarctic

10. The Russian taiga is roughly the size of which country?

Economic Geography- Use pages 391-394

The Soviet Command Economy

11. Who makes the key economic decisions under a command economy?

12. Why did the Soviet Union’s economy stagnate during the 1970s and 1980s?



The Market Economy

13. What was the biggest change that Mikhail Gorbachev started and Boris Yeltsin continued?

Agriculture

14. Name and describe the two types of soviet era farms.

Transporting Goods

15. Because roads are often not drivable in Siberia, what are the two most important modes of transportation?

Cultural Geography- Use pages 371-382

Population Patterns Intro

16. How many different ethnic groups make up Russia?

The People

17. Between which years was Russia called the Soviet Union?

18. What are the largest ethnic groups in Russia?

Density and Distribution

19. Why do 85% of all Russians live in Western Russia?

Language and Religion

20. What did the Soviet government strictly discourage during their rule?

21. Most Russian Christians claim allegiance to which church?

The Arts

22. Churches were often crowned with ______________ that symbolized heaven.

23. Who is the most famous Russian composer?

The Rise of Russia

24. Who was the first ever czar of Russia?

Romanov Czars and the Empire

25. Which two cities does the Trans-Siberian Railroad connect? How long is the railroad?

A Superpower

26. What was the name of the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union?

The Fall of the Soviet Union

27. How many countries were created after the collapse of the Soviet Union?