Russia Lesson 3

Directions: Read each main idea. Use your textbook to supply the details that support or explain each main idea. A. Main Idea: Economic development in the Russian Core comes into conflict with the need to protect the environment. Detail: The extraction and processing of ______ is Russia’s most important industry.

Main Idea: Economic development in the Russian Core comes into conflict with the need to protect the environment. Detail: Russia is ______ in the ______ to access the minerals, oil, and gas that lie beneath the ocean.

Economic development in the Russian Core comes into conflict with the need to protect the environment. Detail: Russia began to build a ______ to carry oil from ______ to the ______.

Economic development in the Russian Core comes into conflict with the need to protect the environment. Detail: Ships called ______ use huge nets to scoop their target fish, but they also catch and throw out millions of unwanted marine animals every year.

Directions: Read each main idea. Use your textbook to supply the details that support or explain each main idea. B. Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: The nuclear weapons the Soviet Union had during the ______ still pose an environmental threat.

Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: Though they stored some nuclear waste, the Soviets dumped some radioactive materials into the ______, ______, and ______ Seas.

• Baring

• Baltic

• Black

• Barents

Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: A fire occurred in a nuclear ______ in the town of ______ in 1986, releasing huge amounts of ______ into the atmosphere and onto the land.

Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: Experts think the 29 remaining Soviet-era nuclear reactors are ______.

Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: A paper factory was built, despite protest, on the shores of the ancient ______ in Siberia.

Main Idea: During the Soviet era, industrialization took place with little concern for the environment. The production of nuclear weapons and energy have had the most significant impact. Detail: Farmers’ overuse of ______ and ______ have led to land and water pollution.

• pesticides

• fertilizer

• oil

• gas