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12 May 2011
Due Page. 683 Reviewing the main ideas # 5 Reviewing chapter themes # 3 and 4 Thinking critically # 2 Applying your skills # 2 Written response: If you were President
Truman would you have dropped the bombs, why or why not 5-8 sentences.
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The Commonwealth of Independent States:
Geography Pages 707-712
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Republics and Capitals
Georgia Tbilisi
Armenia Yerevan
Russia Moscow
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Turkmenistan Ashkhabad
Moldova Kishinev
Ukraine Kiev
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Republics and Capitals
Belarus Minsk
Estonia Tallinn
Kazakhstan Alma-Ata
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Latvia Riga
Lithuania Vilnius
Azerbaijan Baku
Tajikistan Dushanbe
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Basic Information
More than 2 X size of U.S 15 republics ruled by a central
government before 1991… Now all republics are independent
(collapse of the Soviet Union)
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Landforms
Huge Plain Area- Middle of Europe to Central Asia.
In Europe it is the European Plain In Asia it is the West Siberian Plain Ural Mountains- Marks division
btwn. Europe and Asia.
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Seas, Lakes, Rivers
Caspian Sea- World’s largest inland sea
Aral sea- Shrinking due to irrigation.
Lake Baikal- Siberia
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Climate
Cold Continental Climate
-long, bitter winters
-short, hot summers
Permafrost: Layer of soil below the surface that remains permanently frozen.
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Resources
Huge forestsFertile soilOil, Coal, natural gas
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6 Vegetation Zones
#1 Arctic North- Frozen tundra
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# 2 Taiga
Evergreen forests Larger than the 48
continental U.S. States
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#3 Forest Zone
Broad-leaved trees
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#4 Steppe
Rich, black soil Very fertile “Bread basket” Stretches from
Ukraine to Kazakhstan
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#5 Desert Region
Central Asia-South and East of steppe
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#6 Caucus Region
Subtropical crops (tea, fruit, nuts)
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People and Nationalities
Republics- Russian, Ukrainians, Belorussians Caucasus- Armenian, Georgian, Azeri Central Asian Republics- Kazakhs, Kyrgzis, Mongols,
Turkmen, and Uzbeks
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Religions
Christians:Russian & Armenian Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic
Judaism Muslims- Central
Asian Republics
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To sum things up…
Each republic has a dominant ethnic group, BUT diversity remains.
Ex: Russian Federation
-80% Russian
-20% Other ethnic groups
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Republic of Chechnya 96 percent Sunni Muslim Want independence from Russian
Socialist Federation Will commit acts of “terror” on soft targets
within the Federation and the Federation responses with brutal military repression.
Theater siege of 2002 (goal was to end the second Chechen war)