Location, Climate, and Natural Resources of the _________

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Location, Climate, and Natural Resources of
the_________ ________

• Unit 1 Notes

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_________ of the UK

• A country of islands off the coast of mainland
  Europe
• Made up of _____________ ______________(England,
  Scotland and Wales) and ______________
  ________________

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Location of UK

• _________ makes it a _______ for ____________
• Across the ____________ ___________is France,
  west is the Republic of Ireland, east is the
  Scandinavian Peninsula
• ____ major ports along UKs coast!

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United Kingdom

• Consists of ____ regions
• ______________
• ______________
• ______________
• ______________

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Location of UK

• Location has helped the UK become an
  ______________ ______________ ______________
  ____________
• Has more foreign bank branches than any country
  in the world
• Location on the __________ _________ helps it
  trade with the US
• US is the UKs __ trading partner!

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________ of the UK

• _____________ climate with abundant
  ______________ throughout the year
• No section goes without rain for more than 2
  weeks!
• Winters are mild and wet summers are warmest in
  the south
• The _________ __________crosses the Atlantic
  Ocean warms the country, making the winters
  milder than other European countries

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______ ________of the UK

• Has deposits of ________, _________, ________
  ______, _______ _______
• Form the backbone of the countrys industry auto
  production, steel manufacturing, shipbuilding
• Other resources include zinc, lead, gold, tin,
  limestone, salt, clay, gypsum, potash, sand,
  slate

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Natural Resources in UK

• _______________ is _____________
• Natural ____________ are being ____________ up
  and industry is changing to ____________ forms of
  energy
• Many people who once had jobs in mining and
  manufacturing are being retrained for jobs in
  service industries
• ____________of the people work in service
  industries (tourism, health care, education,
  banking, insurance)

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Natural Resources in UK

• _______ is profitable along the shores of the UK
• Nearly 25 of the country has _____ land
  (fertile ______ for ________)
• Over half of the land is used for farms

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Where People ______

• About ________ million people live in the United
  Kingdom.
• Land Area 243,610 sq km
• Around ____________of the UKs people live in
  _____________ (rural).
• London has over 7 million people!

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_______ of Russia

• Spans ____ continents __________ ___________!
• So wide that a train trip across takes a week!
• Shares a border with ____ countries
• ________ side by ___________ Ocean
• ________ side by ___________ Ocean
• At its closest point, Russia US are only 3
  miles apart across _________ _________!

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Location of Russia

• European Russia is mostly ______________
  (difficult for trading via ship)
• __________ exceptions Murmansk St. Petersburg

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_________ of Russia

• Only has 2 seasons_________ and _____________
• Average yearly temperature is below freezing
• Asian Russia (___________) has the most
  ____________ climate
• lows -40 degrees highs over 90 degrees
• ______ of population _________ in
  ____________Russia (warmer)

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Natural ________

• Vast forest for ____________ are found here, but
  many have been cleared away for cities on the
  ____________ side
• ________ of gold, aluminum ore, coal, iron are
  found in the _________ Mts.
• __________ River (__________largest river in
  Europe) is a major source of hydroelectric power

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Natural Resources

• Russias _______________ size, ______________
  terrain, and ________ climate make it __________
  for Russians to _____________ their
  _________________.

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Where People _________

• Russia is one of the ___________ populous
  countries in the world, with __________million
  people.
• Land Area 17,098,242 sq km
• __________ people live _________ of the _________
  mountains, where the climate is ___________ and
  the __________ is the most ___________.

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Comparing ______ ______

• Geographically very different
• Russia is ___________, with a coastline bordering
  the _________ Ocean (__________ are ____________
  much of the year)
• UK is an island country with a _____________
  climate and many __________accessible all
  __________ round

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Comparing UK Russia

• Natural Resources
• ___________ have fossil fuels, like ___________
  _____________
• UKs are _____________________, but much of
  Russias coal and oil is ________________ because
  of the climate size of the country