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

2. Russia and the republics
Economics
Social
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
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

3. Russia and the republics
Political
Natural environment
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.
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

4. Russia and the republics
political
physical
Estonia
Latvia
Belarus
Luthuania
Moldova
Georgia
Armenia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Azerbaijan
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