unit 4 – economic characteristics. what is the major crop in the fertile triangle region? wheat
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Unit 4 – Economic CharacteristicsUnit 4 – Economic Characteristics
![Page 2: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle
region?
Wheat
![Page 3: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
What is the major crop in Central Asia?
Cotton
![Page 4: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
What type of energy is produced by dams?
Hydroelectric
![Page 5: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
In which body of water is oil found in this
region?
Caspian Sea
![Page 6: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Which region of Russia contains around 80% of
Russia’s oil, natural gas & coal resources?
Siberia
![Page 7: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
What are 3 obstacles to developing Siberia’s
resources?
Climate, Limited Transportation, Vastness of
Region
![Page 8: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
How can Russia develop its resources when it
doesn’t have enough capital?
Foreign Investment
![Page 9: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Since Russia had little capital to develop
infrastructure, what system of transportation was developed?
Rivers & Canals
![Page 10: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
What is the name of the one railroad project in
Russia that was successfully built in 1905?
Trans-Siberian Railroad
![Page 11: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia
has experienced a wild …. period where a small number of men gained control of Russia’s greatest economic assets and made billions in the new market economy.
Privatization
![Page 12: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
What is the name
given to the billionaires who gained a huge amount of power along with their money?
Oligarchs
![Page 13: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Russia’s new economy has created a wide
gap between the …
Rich & Poor
![Page 14: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
One of the challenges in this area is
widespread pollution. What is the name of the nuclear plant that leaked radiation in Ukraine in 1986?
Chernobyl
![Page 15: Unit 4 – Economic Characteristics. What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle region? Wheat](https://reader030.vdocuments.net/reader030/viewer/2022032612/56649ee55503460f94bf42a0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Another challenge is political … and …
Instability & Corruption