Chapter 15 Building Vocabulary Worksheet PDF

Name Date Chapter A Land of Extremes 15 In-Depth Resources: Unit 5 Building Vocabulary chernozem Ural Mountains Eurasia Transcaucasia Central Asia Siberia continentality taiga runoff...

Name Date Chapter A Land of Extremes 15 In-Depth Resources: Unit 5 Building Vocabulary chernozem Ural Mountains Eurasia Transcaucasia Central Asia Siberia continentality taiga runoff czar A. Sentence Completion Select the term that best completes the sentence. 1. Some geographers consider Europe and Asia to be a single continent, which they call ____________________ 2. ____________________ is a region that includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 3. The largest forest on Earth, the ____________________, is composed primarily of coniferous trees. 4. Dangerous ____________________ —rainfall not absorbed by soil—eventually polluted the Aral Sea. 5. Russia’s emperor, or ____________________, ordered work to start on a railroad from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok. B. Matching Match the definition in the second column with the word in the first column. Write the appropriate letter next to the word. _________ 4. Siberia Azerbaijan, and Georgia _________ 5. continentality d. one of the world’s most fertile soils e. rainfall not _________ 6. taiga absorbed by soil _________ 7. runoff f. a forest that lies south of _________ 8. czar the tundra g. distance from a. emperor of Russia the moderating influence of b. the name of the part of the sea Copyright © McDougal Littell Inc. _________ 1. chernozem Russia that lies on the h. they separate the Northern continent of Asia European and West Siberian _________ 2. Ural Mountains plains c. a region that consists of _________ 3. Transcaucasia the republics of Armenia, C. Writing About Geography Imagine that you are an exchange student studying in Moscow, Russia. During your stay you have taken various tours of the country. Using each of the following terms correctly, write a letter to a friend that describes Russia. Use the back of this page and underline each term you use. Ural Mountains Eurasia taiga Siberia chernozem A Land of Extremes 9