OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON RUSSIA 



(Outline inni <|i.,sti iml-s otltrrwliie stated, to Kuropcnn Iliissin only.) 



Outline 



1. Location 



(1) Of entire country. European and Asi- 



atic 



(2) Of Europ R !, <r Russia 



proper 



(a) Latitude (see map of Europe, fol- 



lowing page 2092) 



(b) Longitude 



Relation to other European na- 

 tions 



(d) Advantages and disadvantages of 



its situation 



(e) Boundaries 



II. Sice 



(1) Greatest east and west extent 1,850 



miles 



(2) Greatest north and south extent 



,:,0 miles 



(3) Area 



III. Surface Features 



( 1 ) Part of great plain of Europe 



(a) Greatest height 1,400 feet 



(b) Valdai Hills 



l leights of the Volga 

 (d) Caspian Sea basin 



(2) Ural Mountains 



(3) Caucasus Mountains 



IV. Drainage 



( 1 ) Rivers 



(a) Arctic system 



(b) Baltic Sea system 



(c) Black Sea system 



(d) Caspian Sea system 

 1 . Mother Volga 



(2) Lakes 



> Ladoga 

 (b) Onega 



V. < innate 



( 1 ) Differences in temperature due to lati- 



tude very gradual 



(2) Effect of absence of lofty mountain 



ranges 



(3) Continental climate 

 Rainfall 



(5) Length of days 



VI. Plant and Animal Life 



(1) Arctic zone of vegetation 



(2) Evergreen forest belt 



(3) Hardwood forest belt 



( 4 ) The steppes 



(5) Fur-bearing animals 

 (6) 'Smaller animals 

 (7) Birds 



VII. The People 



( 1 ) Races 



(2) Classes of society 



(3) Characteristic trails 



(4) Education 



(5) Religion 



VIII. Resources and Industries 



(1) Mining 



(a) Of iron and coal 



(b) Importance of platinum and man- 



ganese 



(c) Oil 



(d) Other minerals 



(2) Fishing 



(3) Agriculture 



(a) Chief occupation, 



(b) System of landholding 



(c) Primitive methods 



(d) Chief crops 



(4) Manufacturing 



(a) Effect of protective tariff 



(b) Absence of factory system 



(c) Chief articles manufactured 



IX. Commerce and Transportation 



(1 ) Russia as connecting link between Eu- 



rope and Asia 



(2) Effect of lack of transportation facili- 



ties 



(3) Water transportation 



(4) Railway mileage 



(5) Roads 



(D 



X. Government 



Historic phases 



(a) Autocracy 



(b) Establishment of Duma 



(2) Government since revolution of 1917 



(3) Local administration 



XI. History 



(1) Early years 



(2) Establishment of modern Russia. 



(3) The Napoleonic period 



(4) Continued autocracy 



(5) Abolition of serfdom 



(6) Russo-Turkish War 



(7) Recent growth 



(8) Russo-Japanese War 



(9) Russia and the War of the Nations 

 (10) The revolution of 1917 



