Geography Needs
• Pen or Pencil
• Spiral Notebook
• Sit where you want for now, but don’t get
too comfy… You will be moving
Thursday’s Warm up:
• Answer the following
Question on your
warm up sheet:
• Page 391 Map Zone
Question # 1
Biggie LOVES Geography!!!!
Russia’s Cultural Regions
Learning Objectives
• TLW: Identify the six
cultural regions of Russia
• TLW: Identify
characteristics of each
culture region of Russia.
Behavioral Expectations
• Work Quietly in your
own groups.
• Everyone WILL
participate.
Russia’s Culture Regions
Moscow
The Urals
St.
Petersburg
The Volga
Siberia
Russian
Far East
If the regions of Russia
could talk which one
would say the
following?....
I was once the capital of
Russia and was home to
many czars
.
St. Petersburg
I have a very harsh
climate which is why few
people choose to live in
my region.
Siberia
I am Russia’s
capital and largest
city.
Moscow
Vladivostok has a
naval base in my city
and is the main sea
port.
The Russian Far
East
Cities in my region tend to
follow the Trans-Siberian
Railroad, the world’s
largest single rail line.
Siberia
As an important mining
region, I produce nearly
every major mineral.
The Urals Region