CCD   Geography 105 - World Regional Geography

Locations Handout  Chapter 4 Russia and its neighbors

For the map quiz on Russia, on an outline map, you should be able to locate:

A. Countries and Regions

Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine,Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Georgia, Crimea Peninsula, Kareliya region, Kaliningrad Republic, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyztan,  Tajikistan, Mongolia, Sakhalin, Kuzbas region, Baykaliya region,  Kurile Islands

B. Urban Regions  On a map, showing cities as dots, you should be able to locate: 

Almaty, Arkhangelsk, Astana, Astrakhan, Baku, Irkutsk, Moscow, Rostov, St Petersburg, Murmansk, Volgograd, Yerevan, Samarqand, Tashkent

C. Mountains, Basins and Plateaus:  

Caucasus Mountains, Central Asian Ranges, Ural Mountains

Central Siberian Plateau, Russian Plain, Eastern Highlands, West Siberian Plain, Yakutsk Basin

D. Capes, Bays, Gulfs, Lakes, Oceans, and Seas: 

Aral Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, White Sea

Lake Baykal

E. Rivers, Straits, and Waterways: (for rivers, be able to locate their mouths and know which way they flow).

Don River, Ob River, Volga River, Syr Darya