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Asian Geography Unit II-Asian History and Civilization Ms. Ethel Marie Y. Entrampas 无忧 PPT整理发布

Objectives • To explain different theories on the geological history of the Earth (Asia); • To identify longitudinal and latitudinal lines; • To be able to locate countries (relative and absolute locations) • To classify the different countries of Asia geographically; • To be able to familiarize/memorize different facts of Asian countries; • To differentiate different peoples of Asia according to their races 无忧 PPT整理 • To enumerate the developmental indicators 发布

DEFINITIONS • The study of the earth and its features History is to TIME; Geography is to SPACE Two types: Physical Geography Human Geography Climate Land/Water Forms Vegetation Population Interactions Culture 无忧 PPT整理发布

Geo-Vocabulary Words • Tundra – a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen • Taiga – a coniferous forest extending across much of the subarctic North America and Euroasia bordered by tundra in the north and steppe in the south • Steppe – an extensive grassy plain usually without trees • Plateau – a wide mainly level area of elevated land • Subterranean – situated beneath the earth’s surface 无忧 PPT整理发布

• Tributary – a branch that flows into the main stream • Peninsula – a large mass of land projecting into a body of water • Glacier – slowly moving mass of ice • Weir – a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow • Oasis – a fertile patch in a desert occuring where the water table approaches or reachers the ground surface • Atolls – a circular coral reef or string of coral islands surrounding a lagoon 无忧 PPT整理发布

ØTHE EARTH Estimated Weight (mass) (5, 940, 000, 000 metric tons) Estimated Age 4. 6 billion years Current Population 6, 446, 131, 714 Surface Area (510, 066, 000 sq km) Land Area (148, 647, 000 sq km) 29. 1% Ocean Area (335, 258, 000 sq km) Total Water Area (361, 419, 000 sq km) 70. 9% Type of Water (97% salt), (3% fresh) 无忧 PPT整理发布

CONTINENTAL DRIFT • All continents were once part of a supercontinent known as Pangaea (Pangea) which means all lands. • Divided into two: Laurasia (North) and Gondwanaland (South) 无忧 PPT整理发布

PLATE TECTONICS • Tectonics: to build • The crust floats over a semi -molten layer. • The crust is broken up into large small pieces called plates 无忧 PPT整理发布

• These plates are always in motion • There are 14 major continental and oceanic plates • When one plate collides with another, it may divide or “subduct” underneath the other. 无忧 PPT整理发布

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Tools used in Geography • Map (Climate, Political, Economic) • Globe 无忧 PPT整理发布

Types of Location Relative Absolute • Locating a place using its neighboring place (vicinal) or body of water (insular) • Locating a place using latitude and longitude lines What is the difference of a longitudinal and latitudinal lines? 无忧 PPT整理发布

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Geographical Regions Asian Regions and their Topography 无忧 PPT整理发布

Location • Asia occupies a large portion of the world • Its bounded by N – Arctic Ocean E – Bering Strait and Pacific Ocean S – Indian Ocean SW – Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea W – Ural Mountain Range 无忧 PPT整理发布

Major topographic Features • Mountain ranges - Himalayas, Karakoorum, Hindu Kush, Elburz, Caucasus, Pamirs, Taurus, Kunlun, Tian Shan, Urals • Highest Mountains - Everest, K 2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu 无忧 PPT整理发布

• Largest Lakes - Aral Sea, Baikal, Balkhash, Caspian Sea and Dead Sea • Major Rivers - Amu Darya, Amur, Brahmaputra, Chao Phraya, Euphrates, Ganges, Huang Ho, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Ob, Salween, Tigris, Yamuna, Yangtze and Yenisey • Lowest Area - Dead Sea Coast 无忧 PPT整理发布

Geographical Regions • • • North or Central Asia South Asia East Asia West /Southwest (Middle East) Southeast 无忧 PPT整理发布

North Asia • Non-asians • Ural Mts. Divides Europe and Asia • Bering Strait borders it near North America • It has long winter seasons and occasional rains • It is a barren area • Oil, kerosene, iron, tin, copper, gold, diamond, and coal 无忧 PPT整理发布

South Asia {Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, & Bangladesh} • Also known as the Indian subcontinent • “The Crossroads” • A large part of South Asia suffers from drought while its middle part is wet • It has a tropical weather • The Himalayas and Hindu Kush serves as shields against conquerors (North) • Wide valleys irrigated by water (South) 无忧 PPT整理发布

East Asia • This region is consist of various physical features • China – Gobi Desert, Mongolian and Tibetan plateaus 3 river systems: Huang Ho, Yangtze, Xi Jiang • Japan – separated from mainland East Asia by the Korean Strait - compose of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido 无忧 PPT整理发布

Southeast Asia • Continental or Mainland {Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos } • Mountainous with occasional high plateaus, River systems include the Irrawaddy, Salween, Chao Phraya, Mekong and Red River • Insular or Island {Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore} • Made up of islands scattered over wide stretches of bodies of water 无忧 PPT整理发布

• It has equal dry and wet seasons • No desert in this region Countries Rivers Myanmar Irrawaddy Thailand Chao Phraya Laos Mekong Cambodia Mekong South Vietnam Mekong North Vietnam Red River • This region has the most number of islands in the world • Indonesia – petroleum • Malaysia - tin 无忧 PPT整理发布

Southwest Asia • Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran and Afghanistan • Meeting point of Europe, Africa and Asia • Extremely warm weather 无忧 PPT整理发布