Geography Homework

1.) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain.
Moscow (capital of Russia) St. Petersburg, and Kiev (capital of Ukraine)
2.) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
75%
3.) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form?
Between Russia and Transcaucasia - a region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
4.) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
The Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea
5.) How long is the Volga River?
It begins near Moscow and flows about 2,300 miles south to the Caspian Sea.
6.) Why is Lake Baikal important?
Its the deepest lake in the world and holds 20% of the world's fresh water.
7.) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
Coal, iron ore, oil, natural gases, and timber.
8.) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?
Because of the harsh climate, rugged terrain, permafrost, and lack of workers make it difficult to extract the natural resources and ship them to other places.