1. Chapter 15, Section 2

2.  Kara Kum – covers most
of Turkmenistan
 Kyzyl Kum – in
Uzbekistan
 Together they cover
230,000 sq. mi.

3.  Grassland that
extends from
southern Ukraine to
Altay mountains
 Chernozem found
here

4.  Taiga – mostly coniferous forest
 Home to many kinds of animals

5.  Redwoods  Oak Trees
 Birch Trees  Maple Trees

6.  Evergreens
 Spruce Trees
 Pine Trees

7.  Arctic climate zone
 Vegetation = mosses, lichens, small herbs and
low shrubs

8.  Dominated by humid continental and subarctic
climates
 Climates are affected by high latitude, the wall of
mountains to the southeast and continentality –
a region’s distance from the moderating
influence of the sea

9.  Seattle
 Fargo
 Miami
 Russian Weather

10. 4750 miles

11.  Most moisture comes from the Atlantic
Ocean
 Loses moisture the further inland it goes

12.  It is so cold in Siberia that they can use frozen
lakes and rivers as roads during parts of the year

13.  Mountains block
moist air traveling
northward from the
Indian and Pacific
oceans creating
semiarid and desert
climates in Central
Asia

14.  Transcaucasia – subtropical climate due to
moist air from the Mediterranean Sea