Geography Unit 5 Student

Geography Unit 5 Stu Guide Day 2Name Class DateChapter 17 Main Idea Activities 17.2, continued______________________________5. Soviet economic planners followed a policy of autarky, in which a countrytries to buy all of the goods it needs.6. The network of Soviet labor camps was called the gulag.7. By the 1980s only 20 percent of the Soviet people could read and write.8. At least 85 percent of Russians are Slavs and speak Slavic languages.9. The former Soviet republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are locatedin the Caucasus.______10. The capital of Ukraine is Minsk.______11. Almost every city and village in the region has a prominent Christian church.______12. Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Russians drink only coffee.UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS For each of the following, write the letter of the bestchoice in the space provided.______ 1. Who ruled Russia during the late 1700s?a. Ivan the Terribleb. Peter the Greatc. Catherine the Greatd. Vladimir Lenin__________________2. The Soviet Union eventually includeda. 5 republics.b. 15 republics.c. 25 republics.d. 50 republics.3. The region’s Slavic languages are written in thea. Cyrillic alphabet.b. French alphabet.c. Greek alphabet.d. Latin alphabet.4. The Caucasus is a zone of frequent boundary changes and conflicts, whichgeographers call aa. chatter box.b. shatter belt.c. jack-in-the-box.d. belt buckle.Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.Holt World Geography Today 102 Main Idea Activities6