Transcript World Geography Powerpoint Chapter 17
Slide 1
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 2
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 3
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 4
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 5
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 6
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 7
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 8
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 2
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 3
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 4
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 5
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 6
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 7
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?
Slide 8
CHAPTER 17
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Section 1: Natural Environments
Section 2: History and Culture
Section 3: The Region Today
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Question:
What are the region’s
landforms, rivers, climate
and vegetation types, and
resources?
SECTION 1
Natural Environments
Landforms
Ural Mountains
Caucasus Mountains
Pripet Marshes
Carpathian Mountains
Crimean Peninsula
Siberian Plains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Climates/Vegetation
humid continental
subarctic
tundra in the north
taiga forest in the south
deciduous-coniferous
forest in the far south
steppe farthest south
Rivers
Dnieper River
Don River
Yenisey River
Angara River
Lena River
Ob River
Volga River
Natural Resources
wood from forests
gold and diamonds
coal, hydroelectricity,
oil, and gas
copper, iron ore,
manganese, nickel,
and platinum
SECTION 2
History and Culture
Question:
What are some of the major
events in the growth of the
Russian Empire?
SECTION 2
History and Culture
1100s
Eastern, or Orthodox,
Christianity is the
main religion of Kiev.
800
1100
800s
Kiev becomes an
important trade
center for the
Mediterranean
and Baltic Sea
areas.
1400
Late 1400s
Prince Ivan III, of
Moscow, wins
control over parts
of Russia from the
Mongols.
1547
Ivan the Terrible
crowns himself czar
of all Russia—north
of Kiev to the Arctic
Ocean and east to the
Urals.
1500
1600
1637
Explorers
reach the
Pacific coast
of the Sea of
Okhotsk.
1800s
Russians spread into
the Caucasus and
Central Asia.
1800
1900
1905
Russia retreats
to its presentday
boundaries
with China
after losing a
war to Japan.
1917
The czar
resigns and
the Bolsheviks
overthrow the
government in
the Russian
Revolution.
SECTION 3
The Region Today
Question:
What factors contribute to
the economic development of
the region?
SECTION 3
The Region Today
St. Petersburg Region
Westernized, good
transportation, trade with
European cities, draws
tourists and high-tech
industries
Volga and Urals
Siberia
heavy industry,
abundant
hydroelectricity,
refineries and
petrochemicals, mineral
resources and smelters
Trans-Siberian Railroad;
lumber, mining, and oil;
small labor force
Moscow Region
economic center,
transportation hub,
access to raw
materials, millions of
Russian workers
Economic Development
Ukraine and Kiev
centrally located; rich agricultural
energy; human resources;
agriculture; heavy industry;
metalworking
The Russian Far East
factories, forest and
mineral resources, naval
bases, commercial fishing
Belarus and Minsk
few resources, educated labor
force, wood product industries,
outdated plants
CHAPTER 17
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are the main physical characteristics of the
two huge areas west and east of the Ural
Mountains?
2. What are some resources that Russia has in large
quantities?
3. Across what physical region did early migrants
come to Russia and its neighbors? How did those
newcomers shape the region’s culture?
4. Where do most of the region’s people live?
5. What environmental problems remain from the
Soviet era?