http://www.deshow.net/travel/russia-travel-landscape-606.html
RussiaVocabulary Terms
1. Europe
http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/worldfactfile/europe.html
When does it stop being Asia and start being Europe?
Russia is a Eurasian country: it’s in Europe and Asia.
Ural Mountains
Ural River
Caspian SeaBlack
Sea
1. Europe: the huge peninsula west of the Ural Mountains
http://huayyang.org/infoboard8/15.php?q=the-ural-mountains-on-a-map&page=3
2. tundra
Tundra is most like a desert, with average precipitation only about six to ten inches, mostly snow.
http://yamal-siberia.blogspot.com/2009/11/tundra-biome.html
winter
summer
http://assets.panda.org/img/rws0026_27_301720.jpg
http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/Pix/RY/02/RY.0133-14_P.JPG
reindeer
2. Tundra: treeless plains with snow & ice (except during short summer)
While most tundra is at high latitudes, there is also some tundra at high elevations.
http://morriscourse.com/elements_of_ecology/images/biome_map_tundra.jpg
3. permafrost
The permafrost in Russia can go down as deep as 1,968 feet.
http://bgrg.org/pages/education/alevel/coldenvirons/Permafrost%20Stucture.htm
http://images.travelpod.com/users/alleifer/7.1247351289.moss-campion-.jpg
http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/docs/kosterin/plants/ranunculaceae/ranunc2.jpg There is permafrost under tundra. So the
only vegetation is moss, grass, and
small plants - in the short summers.
http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1389318
3. permafrost: soil at or below freezing for at least 2 years
It was discovered in 2007 and “lives” in a museum in Russia.
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews_impact/2009/04/large_042109mammoth1.jpg
This 42,000 year old baby mammoth was preserved in Russia’s permafrost.
4. taiga / boreal forest
How is the location of taiga different than the location of tundra?
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Boreal means “northern.”Taiga is the Russian word for “forest.”
But taigas look different than Oklahoma forests.
4. taiga / boreal forest: cold evergreen forest near the Arctic Circle
http://www.nearctica.com/biomes/boreal/borexam.htm
You can tell when taiga is getting closer to tundra. The permafrost makes it harder for many trees to grow.
5. steppe
davidderrick.wordpress.com
NO, not THIS kind of step!!
The largest steppe regions in the world are in southern Russia.
Steppes don’t get enough rain to have many trees.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/grassland_location_map.gif
http://cache.photosight.ru/img/f/93b/3353326_large.jpghttp://www.sustainability.mottmac.com/scaled/1695f2d5.jpeg
5. steppe: semi-arid grasslands in Asia
http://www.exploringnature.org/graphics/biomes/map_grasslands_steppes.jpg
For some reason, only Asian grasslands are called steppes.
Well that’s just weird.
6. vegetation: plant lifethe tundra, The taiga,
and the steppe all have different
types of vegetation.
7. woodlands: forest
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Hoh_Rain_Forest_Maples.JPGhttp://1001arabian.net/tourist/Aspen%20Forest%20in%20Early%20Fall,%20Ohio%20Pass,%20Gunnison%20National%20Forest,%20Colorado.html
http://www.sincerelysustainable.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Boreal-Forest.jpg
8. inland sea
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1566/X9/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1566-037030.jpg
Aral Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
8. inland sea: huge saltylake
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/mideast/info/maps/israel-water-systems-map2.jpg ttp://www.destination360.com/maps/utah-map.gif
The Dead
Sea
The Great Salt Lake
9. czar
From 1613 to 1917 (before the communist revolution), Russia’s 18 rulers were called czars.
Catherine II the Greathttp://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/files/2014/03/
catherine1.jpg
Peter the Greathttp://www.thefrenchblue.com/article2.htm
Nicholas Ihttp://ruhistory.narod.ru/ru/history/tsar/
romanovs/Nicolay1.jpg
Russian czars were basically kings that ruled as dictators. When a czar died, his son became
the new czar.
http://mrsmaciver12history.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ac-nicholasii1.jpg
http://auden.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/auden/media/TsarAlexanderii.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_III._Czar_Of_Russia_Nadar.jpg
9. czar: Russia’s historic “king”
http://gerrymaxeyworkshop.com/blogging/?tag=czar-nicholas-ii
Czar Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia.
He and his family were shot in 1918 as part of Russia’s communist revolution.
10. Cold War: U.S. v. Soviet Union, 50 years w/threats to use nuclear weapons
http://multimedialearningllc.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/kennedy-versus-khrushchev-cold-war-political-cartoon/
https://wikis.nyu.edu/ek6/modernamerica/index.php/Imperialism/ColdWarContainment
11. arms race
http://www.hamovhotov.com/fun/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/sand-artists-the-arms-race.jpg
No, no, NO! Not THAT kind of arms!!!!!
What “arms race” is this cartoon about?
A NEW KIND OF ARMS RACE
http://www.inkcinct.com.au/web-pages/cartoons/past/2008/2008-275--law-and-order-arms-race.gif
11. arms race: competition between countries to have the best and most
weapons
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/9/7/1/118971_v1.jpg
12. currency
Russia’s currency is the ruble.
http://www.dw.de/image/0,,17395860_401,00.jpg
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1121/1435739708_5cb0ad5c44_z.jpg?zz=1
12. currency: money