Thursday 2-11-16

Bell Buster: Read pg. 380 over Comparing Cultures.

1. PPT Notes: Current Issues in Russia and the Republics.
-Regional tensions, once under Soviet control, have flared up in Russia and the Republics.
-Some of the most violent conflicts have occurred in the Caucasus region.
-Russia has struggled to move from a command economy to a market economy.
- Russia's enormous size and widespread criminal activity have made economic reform difficult.

Vocabulary: Caucasus, Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh, privatization, distance decay

2. Human Geography of Russia Search. (Partners) Due at the beginning of class Friday.