1. Natural Resources By: Nicole Toomey and Julia Wente

2. Overview Grabber Thesis Natural resources of: – Russia – Georgia – Ukraine – Moldova – Belarus – Armenia – Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – Uzbekistan – Turkmenistan – Kyrgyzstan – Tajikistan – Estonia – Latvia – Lithuania Conclusion Finisher Bibliography

3. Grabber Petroleum- crude oil; oil drilling – Used for a wide variety of materials

4. Thesis The Former Soviet Union had almost every major natural resource due to its vast variety of terrain and climate.

6. Introduction

7. Compared Globally

8. Russia Wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, reserves of rare earth elements, timber

9. Georgia Timber, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth

10. Ukraine Iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land

11. Moldova Lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone

12. Belarus Timber, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay

13. Armenia Small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite

14. Azerbaijan Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite

15. Kazakhstan Major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium

16. Uzbekistan Natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

17. Turkmenistan Petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt

18. Kyrgyzstan Major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium

19. Tajikistan Hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold

20. Estonia Oil shale, peat, rare earth elements, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud

21. Latvia Peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, timber, arable land

22. Lithuania Peat, arable land, amber

23. Conclusion Due to the Former Soviet Unions vast variety of terrain and climate, it has many different natural resources. These resources were used to manufacture different products, which could be traded worldwide.

24. Finisher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_ele ment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_ele ment

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