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World Regional Geography 1982 |
| Spring 2006 | |
Map Project #2
Russia +
due Feb 10th
Use the map in your Mapping Workbook on page 18.
1. Identify the following countries:
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
2. Identify the following cities:
(Must be accurate to within 125 miles and, if applicable, on the coast or
river)
Ashkhabad
Baku
Chernobyl
Dushanbe
Grozny
Irkutsk
Minsk
Moscow
Murmansk
St. Petersburg
Tashkent
Tbilisi
Vladivostok
Volgograd
Yekaterinberg
3.Using the table on page 156 in your text, look at the percentage of ethnic Russians in the countries above. Classify them into 4 categories: 0-10%, 10.1-20%, 20.1-30%, and 30.1 to 40% Russian. Using a color ramp like in the examples below, with colored pencils or crayons, color in the countries. Use the lightest color for those the least % Russian and the darkest color for those the most % Russian.
Use the map in your Mapping workbook on either page 19,25, or 22 (your choice).
1. Identify the following landforms:
Altay Mountains
Transcaucasus Mountains
Pamir Mountains
Ural Mountains
Verkhoyansk Mountains
Yablonovyy Mountains
Kamchatka Peninsula
Ostrov Sakhalin Island
2. Identify the following waterways:
Amu Dar'ya River
Amur River
Kolyma River
Lena River
Ob' River
Volga River
Yenisey River
Lake Baykal
Lake Balkhash
Aral Sea
Barents Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
Bering Strait
Instructions:
For this project you will use two maps. Complete the instructions under "cultural features" on one and those under "physical features" on the other. Do this as neatly as possible. Use a pen or pencil that enables you to write clearly. Staple the maps together and turn in to your TA or put in your TA's mailbox by 5:00pm on February 10th
These projects will be graded pass/fail on completeness, neatness and punctuality. It is worth 1% of your final grade. See the syllabus for information on do-overs and late projects.