Table of Contents – RussiaDate Title Lesson #

11/19 Conflict 25

11/24 European Union 26

12/3 Europe Review 27

**RUSSIA (EURASIA) UNIT**

12/8 Cover Page and Map 28

12/9 Cut-Away Boxes 29

12/10 Human-Environment Interaction 30

Background

• The President has hired you as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

• To fight global warming and save the planet he wants you to determine how badly Russia messed up their environment.

• Through the next three days you analyze three case studies and ultimately create your plan outlining their contributions and how we should fix the problems.

Research1. Use the slides below and the available

resources to gather research in your notebook.

2. Slides that say read only in the bottom left, just read.

3. All other slides, record the notes and complete all tasks.

4. Answer all questions in complete sentences so that you do not have to write the question.

READ ONLY

Government Policies of the Soviet Union

- How they affected the environment.

Introduction• Before you begin your research answer the

questions below use p. 364.

1. What economic system did the Soviet Union create?

2. What did the government take control of?

3. What was the major goal of the Soviet government?

- Get your questions approved. Then get a laptop and go to www.orso2ndperiod.wikispaces.com to access the materials. They are under today’s date, under marking period 3.

Case Study #1 - Volga River

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Check out the color of the Volga river here in the countryside. Anyone want a sip?

READ ONLY

- Location-Starts North of Moscow

-Empties into the Caspian Sea

A. How many big cities are on the Volga?

B. How do you think the Volga is used?

CASPIAN SEA

Cause #1 – Rapid Industrialization

Russian factory on the Volga River, 1956

Cause #2 – Flows through major cities

This is a factory that is presently in the Russian city Kazan. The river flows right through this area of high industry.

= location of the river

#3. Modern Pollution – Predict the source of

each pollution example below.

Cause #4 – Collective Farming

- Collective Farming made farming an industry.

- The Soviet Union used tons of fertilizers to increase farm production.

- This polluted the land.

• Directions: In your notebook, complete the Frayer Model below.

COLLECTIVE FARMING

2. Definition use p. 364 to define it.

3. Why did Stalin create collective farms?

4. Sketch

Effects on Russia

In Dzerzhinsk, Russia, waste from 190 chemicals has turned the groundwater into a dangerous toxic sludge. Life expectancy there is 42 for men and 47 for women.

- Explain this effect.

Volga River

The Delta of the

Volga Looking from space, sometimes the delta will look like a large fan, or maybe the root system of a plant.

Sediment and Pollution into the Caspian SeaThe Caspian Sea is filling up with sediment and industrial waste! This image lets us see how the pollution is flowing into the sea from the river.

This is the mouth of the Volga River (in Russia) as it empties into the Caspian Sea. The Volga is the largest river system in Europe.

Image Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory

Explain this slide

Effects on the Caspian Sea – Fish kills- Fish kills occur when the temperature increases causing plant growth to increase which sucks the oxygen out of the water.

Conclusion

Issue Causes (draw 3 pictures)

Effects (draw 3 pictures)

Solutions