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•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

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