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N S E W =Towns =Heralaya s Mountains Equator =Cotton Fields =Raponi River =Gural Mountains = Corn Fields 1. Name 2 Agricultural products of this area. 2. What is the name of the white line of latitude in the far south of this map? 3. Knowing what you do about Russia, what do you think divides this country onto 2 continents? 4. How can we tell that the land where Town A is located was not originally attached there? 5. Town A = Great White Sharks = Whales = Wheat Field Town B Town C Town D Town E Town F Town G Town H Town I =HIGGINS

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N

S

EW

=Towns

=Heralayas Mountains

Equator

=Cotton Fields

=Raponi River

=Gural Mountains

= Corn Fields

1. Name 2 Agricultural products of this area. 2. What is the name of the white line of latitude in the far south of

this map? 3. Knowing what you do about Russia, what do you think divides this country onto 2 continents? 4. How can we tell that the land where Town A is located was not originally attached there? 5. What is an activity that nature lovers could do in this country? 6. Why do you think the crop fields are located where they are?

7. Which town do you think is the smartest!!!!!

Town A

= Great White Sharks =

Whales

= Wheat Field

Town B

Town C

Town D

Town E

Town F

Town G

Town H

Town I

=HIGGINS

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Independent Republicsof Russia

Created byMr. Raponi

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What Were They?

In the final decades of its existence, the

____________________

consisted of _______ Soviet Republics.

Each one of these areas

was ________________ and was under the control of the Supreme Soviet, was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union, located in

__________________.

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Just a quick reminder of the problems that the United States and the Soviet Union had for

around 40 years! The Cold War

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The End of the Union

As time passed, changes in Soviet policy helped to make the republics stronger.

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as the republic governments

_______________, or broke away from the union.

The republics all became __________________

states.

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The List ofCountries

ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusEstoniaGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanLatviaLithuaniaMoldovaRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUkraineUzbekistan

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Cool Creatures of Central Asia

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The 2nd largest country of the ex-Soviet Union behind

only _________________.

The center of the country is made up of

______________ areas. These are dry, treeless plains.

Farming is very difficult in this tremendously harsh climate.

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About half of Kazakhstan’s

________ million people are called

___________________.

The ancestors of the modern people were

mostly _______________, people who move from place to place with herds of animals.

Under

_________________ rule, these wandering people were forced to settle in one place.

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The Ukraine, which is actually part of eastern

______________ is just a bit smaller than the state of Texas.

Rich, dark soil covers nearly 2/3 of the country.

Farms are very productive, earning the country the name,

“__________________ of Europe.”

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Today, Ukraine has

about _________ million people and speak Ukrainian, a Slavic language closely related

to _______________.

More than 70% of the people live in cities such

as _______________, the capital and one of the largest cities of the ex-Soviet Union.

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The Ukraine

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The average radiation level of a non contaminated area: 0.010

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This country is important to world

______________ markets because it contains one of the world’s largest reserves of natural gas.

This is especially important as the

_______________ desert takes up most of the country and seriously inhibits the growth of crops.

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Most of the country’s

________ million people are Uzbeks who generally live in fertile valley and

______________. This is a fertile or green area in a desert watered by an underground spring.

This country is one of the world’s largest

________________ producers and need to

________________ from rivers that are many miles away.

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