GEOG 102 Lecture 6: geog chapter 5

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Chapter five: lake baykal deepest lake on earth, caucasus mountains between black and caspian seas. Long-term melting of artic ice might: shrink areas of permafrost, expand arable land and increase agricultural options, keep artic ports open longer in fall or year-round. A shrinking population: more deaths than births and immigrants, male life expectancy dropped from 71 years in 1991 to 65 years in 2013, alcoholism, aids, heavy smoking, suicide, accidents, murder. Grand dutch of muscovy: 14th to 15th century, from baltic to black sea, ties with eastern orthodox church in constantinople, 16th century. Ivan iv (ivan the terrible: major imperial power. Peter the great (1682-1725: modern european-style state, built st. petersburg, forward capital, founder of modern russia. Catherin the great (1760-1796: pushed russia"s borders further. 19th century expansion: poland, finland, and central asia, beyond amur river, vladivostok, trans-siberian railroad (1892, russo-japanese war, 1904-05 defeated by japan, forced out of manchuria. Multinational empire: annexed and incorporated more than 100 nationalities.

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