Eurasia Vocab Notes and class discussion 11/18/20

Beginning activity- Students share one thing from their Eurasia "World Nations Report" that either is similar to the US or different from the US.

Student learning objective for Eurasia Vocab notes- Students will attempt to incorporate these words in to their vocabulary as these words and concepts will be used frequently throughout the Eurasia unit.

Terms are defined and discussed because these will need to be understood for this chapter

• Eurasia

• Eastern Europe and Russia

• Central Asia

• Balkans

• Baltic countries

• Caucasus

• Volga River

• Tien Shan

• Urals

• Slav/Slavic
• Southern Slavs- Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, Macedonians
• Western Slavs- Czechs, Slovaks, Poles
• Eastern Slavs- Ukrainians, Belorussians, Russia
• Siberia
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Steppe

• Dynasty

• Romanov