GEOG 1001 : Exam 2 Study Guide
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Areas near water don"t change temperature as much. Continentality: h2o absorbs insulation slower that land, but releases slower. Ural mountains: ranges from north kazakhstan to arctic ocean. Aral sea: not a true sea because no links to ocean. Rivers amu darya and dyr darya don"t provide water. Urban areas located along shower and volga river. Life expectancy: mean is 58, women is 68. Alcoholism: causes of population decrease in soviet union. Political motives leaders saw importance of spreading populations. Due to trans-siberian railroad agriculture opportunities in south. Russification - soviet policy of resettling russians into non. Ivan the terrible first slavic ruler to gain title of czar. Didn"t want britain to get alaska in war. Serfdom peasants under bondage or modified slavery. Deliberately positioned to signify the states interest. Social revolution to create a stateless society order. Workers or state should own means of production. Lenin thought as a transition between capitalism and communism.
