Unit 4 – Economic CharacteristicsUnit 4 – Economic Characteristics

What is the major crop in the Fertile Triangle

region?

Wheat

What is the major crop in Central Asia?

Cotton

What type of energy is produced by dams?

Hydroelectric

In which body of water is oil found in this

region?

Caspian Sea

Which region of Russia contains around 80% of

Russia’s oil, natural gas & coal resources?

Siberia

What are 3 obstacles to developing Siberia’s

resources?

Climate, Limited Transportation, Vastness of

Region

How can Russia develop its resources when it

doesn’t have enough capital?

Foreign Investment

Since Russia had little capital to develop

infrastructure, what system of transportation was developed?

Rivers & Canals

What is the name of the one railroad project in

Russia that was successfully built in 1905?

Trans-Siberian Railroad

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia

has experienced a wild …. period where a small number of men gained control of Russia’s greatest economic assets and made billions in the new market economy.

Privatization

What is the name

given to the billionaires who gained a huge amount of power along with their money?

Oligarchs

Russia’s new economy has created a wide

gap between the …

Rich & Poor

One of the challenges in this area is

widespread pollution. What is the name of the nuclear plant that leaked radiation in Ukraine in 1986?

Chernobyl

Another challenge is political … and …

Instability & Corruption