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Front of Class

Front of Class. Shelves, Closet, Tv. Door. Window. Mr. Cook’s Desk. Grade homework Didn’t finish? Outside in the hall, if you are loud you get a detention.  Central & North Asia Notes. Agenda . Asia: North & Central Asia. World’s largest country. Spans two continents.

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Front of Class

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  1. Front of Class Shelves, Closet, Tv Door Window Mr. Cook’s Desk

  2. Grade homework • Didn’t finish? Outside in the hall, if you are loud you get a detention.  • Central & North Asia Notes Agenda

  3. Asia: North & Central Asia

  4. World’s largest country. Spans two continents. Majority of population lives on European side, but the majority of Russia’s land is in Asia. Siberia- area in Northeastern Russia- cold climate with forests Northernmost Russia is tundra- frozen desert where even the ground is frozen most of the year. Russia

  5. Area south of Russia: • Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Armenia, Georgia. • Mountainous terrains: Ural Mts., Pimars Mts. • Deserts: Kara Kum (Black Sand), KyzylKum (Red Sand) • Steppes- treeless grasslands good for grazing herds. Central Asia

  6. The Arctic Ocean ,north of Russia, is frozen for most of the year. Major rivers in Asian Russia are the Ob and Lena. Caspian Sea the largest inland sea & the shrinking Aral Sea Lake Baikal: oldest & deepest lake in the world. 1/5 of the world’s fresh water. Bodies of Water

  7. The Ural Mountains separate European and Asian Russia, while the Pamir Mountains separate Russia from China. Mountains

  8. Hindu Kush

  9. Most of Russia has long, cold winters and short mild summers. Subarctic- cool humid summers, with long cold winters, ½ the land covered in snow for 6 months, the other ½ has permafrost. Tundra- gets as low as -90° F. Deserts get as hot as 120° F. Climate

  10. Work on after notes till the bell rings. We will have about 10 minutes tomorrow to finish it. Use pages 347 & 423 in the black/blue textbook. Russia pHysical Features Worksheet

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