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| the idea that if one controls the Bosporus Strait one controls the world island |
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Macender
agreed with the World Island Theory but believed that one needed to control the heart of the world island
Soviet Union disproved this theory |
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Spiktman
the edge of the world island controls trade (pacific rim)
supported by the US |
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| asian pacific economic corporation |
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| distance from the sea strongly affects the climate; demonstrated with Russia's extreme cold winters and extreme hot summers |
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| Principle of Distance Decay |
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| space affects communication between humans; the further away from the center the poor the communication |
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| Principle of Russification |
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| uniting all 108 different racial groups in Russia under the "Russian" race |
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| extreme cold region mostly frozen all 12 months of the year; no buildings can be built here because the ground heaves. |
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| south of permafrost; 6 inches of thawed land; grass grows but no plants with roots, swampy, water sits |
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| south of tundra; thick forest; 75% of Russia |
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| south of taiga; semi arid grassland; no rain, excellent for wheat, Ukraine |
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| rich in minerals- possesses almost every mineral that is known of |
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| huge plain; part of the northern european plain |
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| only interruption in northern european plain; border between Asia and Europe; older, smaller mountains |
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| no natural borders which causes countless invasions; |
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| many different racial groups; fragmented zone; lots of fighting; muslim; 40-50 of Russia's 108 racial groups |
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| 20% of the earth's fresh water; more water than any other lake; extremely deep; many different unique plants and animals |
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| flows out of Lake Baykal to Arctic Ocean, frozen majority of the year, S to N, not good for traveling or trade |
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| flows S to N; not good for trade |
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| flows S to N; not good for trade |
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| mostly E to W; economic heart of Russia, good for transport, runs to Caspian Sea which is landlocked |
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| runs into Black Sea; canal was built between Dawn and Vulga |
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| rim city; 12,000 miles from Moscow; Eastern major seaport, headquarters for navy; 2.5 million people, transiberian railroad |
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| major city in Yukutsk basin; major pollution |
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| capital of E Siberia; lots of trees; used for prison of Russian rulers causing it to now be a very creative, diverse, and independent city; extremely beautiful |
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| city of engineering; set up by communism, 3rd largest in Russia; capital of W Siberia |
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| capital of urul region; has the advantage of border protection; monument between Asia and Europe; mineral extraction, Boeing and other American companies |
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| largest heavy industrial city in Russia; near Vulga river |
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| mongolian city; Taters; Muslim capital of Russia; large river port; helicopters |
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| river port; agriculture production; in WWII females made tanks and aircrafts; now have rockets and space travel |
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| mouth of Dawn river; intellectual; Silicon valley |
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| last part of gulf stream; nuclear submarines |
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| spectacular; was capital but switched by communists; famous 900 day siege during WWII, went from 4 million to 1.5 million |
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| capital; largest subway system; Slovaks who escaped Mongols and paid tribute; never surrendered to Germany |
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| invaded by 2 million Germans but forced Germans to surrender; largest battle in history; used to be Stalingrad |
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| a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley. |
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| covered or having been covered by glaciers or ice sheets |
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| a mass of rocks and sediment deposited at the point of furthest advance of a glacier or ice sheet. |
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