Chapter 9: The Russian Domain

Question 1

Countries

Answer 1

• Russia
• Belarus
• Ukraine
• Moldova
• Georgia
• Armenia

Question 2

Physical Geography

Answer 2

Mountains-Ural
Caucasus

Plains-West Siberian
European(where most of population is)

Question 3

Climates

Answer 3

Mostly Dominated by continental mid latitude climates

-also has tundra, steppe, and mild mid latitude climates

Question 4

Environmental Issues

Answer 4

• poor air quality
• degraded/water shortages(because of industrial pollution)
• oil spills
• nuclear fallout(when detonated in atmosphere)

Question 5

Where pollution issues stem from?

Answer 5

1930s to 1960s period of impressive growth by Ussr

and overall lack of concern for pollution during time period

Question 6

Where is population concentrated and what does this area overlap with?

Answer 6

• mostly in European Russia(in the west)

- overlaps with grain production

Question 7

How long did the USSR last/

Answer 7

1917-1991

Question 8

Patterns of Migration

Answer 8

-movement from Siberia and central Asia republics back to Moscow

Question 9

Outward Migration

Answer 9

• U.S.
• Israel
• Eastern Europe

Question 10

Russian Population

Answer 10

-143.2million

Question 11

Population Patterns

Answer 11

-declining population

Question 12

Population of Ukraine

Answer 12

45.6 million

Question 13

Are the Slavic peoples linguistically defined?

Answer 13

YES

Question 14

What is the lingua franca?

Answer 14

-Slavic

Question 15

What is the main religion?

Answer 15

Eastern Orthodoxy

Question 16

In which country does a non-Slavic language dominate?

Answer 16

Armenia

Question 17

In which country is there a divide between Catholics and Orthodox Christians?

Answer 17

Ukraine

-because Ukraine had experienced several hundred years of Polish rule

Question 18

What are the religious minorities?

Answer 18

• Buddhist

- Muslims

Question 19

What is meant by the Pivot of History?

Answer 19

• Mackinder(1904)

- pivot area/heartland was home to more than 50% of the Earth’s resources

Question 20

Unrecognized Regions

Answer 20

• Transniestria
• Crimea
• North Ossetia
• South Ossetia

Question 21

What is the most prevalent resource in Siberia?

Answer 21

-coal

Question 22

What is Russia’s economic situation?

Answer 22

• resource dependent state

- the main reason it has influence is because of its oil and resources

Question 23

Names of Oil Fields

Answer 23

• Caspian Sea

- Siberia