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C
RUSSIA – CHAPTER 8
CLUESWorld Geography
#1
•The physical feature separating Eurasia
•Ural Mountains
#2
•The countries that border Russia to the west
•Finland•Estonia•Latvia•Belarus•Ukraine
#3
•Russia’s closest point to the United States
•Chukchi Peninsula – 50 miles
#4
•The countries that border Russia to the south
•Mongolia•Kazakhstan•Azerbaijan•Georgia
#5
•The number of time zones found in Russia
•11
#6
•The climate for most of Russia
•subarctic
#7
• The bodies of water surrounding Russia
• East Siberian Sea• Chukchi Sea• Arctic Ocean• Bering Sea• Sea of Okhotsk• Pacific Ocean• Caspian Sea• Black Sea• Kara Sea• Lapten Sea• Barents Sea• Sea of Japan
#8
•Two things that make transportation difficult in Russia
•Large size•Harsh climate
#9
•The leading mode of transportation in Russia
•train
#10
•This has happened to the Ural Mountains over the years
•erosion
#11
•The region of Russia where the capital is located
•North European Plain
#12
•The geographical part of Russia where the Caucasus Mountains are located
•southern
#13
•Siberia is located in this part of Russia
•East of the Ural Mountains
#14
•The percentage of Russia not covered by permafrost
•60%
#15
•This area of Russia is part of the Ring of Fire
•Kamchatka Peninsula
#16
•The largest inland body of water in the world
•Caspian Sea
#17
•The longest river in Russia
•Volga River
#18
•The countries that share a border with Russia and the Caspian Sea
•Azerbaijan• Iran•Turkmenistan•Kazakhstan
#19
•The world’s deepest freshwater lake
•Lake Baikal
#20
•The environmental issue for the Lake Baikal region
•pollution
#21
•Moscow •European Russia
#22
•Lake Baikal •Asian Russia
#23
•Kamchatka Peninsula •Asian Russia
#24
•St. Petersburg •European Russia
#25
•Volga River •European Russia
#26
•Volgograd •European Russia
#27
•taiga •Asian Russia
Chapter 8 Section 2
#1
•Russia•1957
#2
•cosmonaut
#3
•Mir
#4
•Mongols•Kiev
#5
•Muscovy
#6
•Driving out the Mongols•Making Muscovy independent
#7
•czar
#8
•Peter the Great•Catherine the Great
#9
•Get married
#10
•St. Petersburg
#11
•Napoleon Bonaparte
#12
•1812 Overture
#13
•Alexander II
#14
•Moscow to•Vladivostok
#15
•Shortage of food•Starvation•Blamed czars for their troubles
#16
•Fear of invasion
#17
•1917
#18
•Vladimir Lenin•Communist
#19
•Union of Soviet Socialist Republic - USSR
#20
• Joseph Stalin•Command Economy or 5-year Plan
#21
•1914 – WW I•1941 – WW II
#22
•United States•Great Britain
#23
•Bulgaria•Czechoslovakia•East Germany•Hungary•Poland•Romania
#24
•Super Powers
#25
•Gorbachev
#26
•Better products•Lower prices
#27
•1991
#28
•Armenia•Azerbaijan•Belarus•Estonia•Georgia•Kazakhstan (cont)
continued
•Kyrgyzstan•Latvia•Lithuania•Moldova•Russia
•Tajikistan•Turkmenistan•Ukraine•Uzbekistan
C
RUSSIA – CHAPTER 8
CLUESWorld Geography