geographic regions of the world physical and political characteristics
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Geographic Regions of the
World
Physical and political
characteristics
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East Asia
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Present-day countries
• China
• Japan
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Mongolia
• Taiwan
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North and South Korea
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What makes East Asia?
• Pacific Ocean in the east
• Port cities on the eastern coast
• Navigable Rivers
• Desert climate in the northwest
• Mixture of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity and Shintoism
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Southeast Asia
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Present-day countries
• Vietnam
• Laos
• Cambodia
• Thailand
• Burma
• Malaysia
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What makes Southeast Asia?
• Separated by mountains & rainforest from the rest of mainland
• Pacific & Indian Oceans
• Mixture of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam
• Influenced by Indian and Chinese cultures
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Southern Asia
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Present-Day Countries
• India
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
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What makes Southern Asia
• Cut off by Himalayas and Hindu Kush
• Dravidians—Aryans—Muslims
• Cyclical view of Hinduism and Buddhism until the Islamic incursions
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Central Asia
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Present-Day Countries
• Former Soviet Republics of Asia
• Afghanistan (NOT in the Middle East)
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What makes Central Asia?
• Steppe and desert somewhat cut off from surrounding areas
• Origins of people of South Asia (Aryans)
• Almost all European and Turkic people were war-like
• Radical Islamic
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Southwest Asia & Egypt (Middle East)
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Present-day countries
• Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey)
• Levant: Israel, Palestine and Lebanon
• Arabian Peninsula
• Syria, Iraq, Iran
• Egypt
• NOT Afghanistan
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What makes Southwest Asia?
• Desert climate
• Surrounded by warm-waterways
• Access to Mediterranean, Indian Ocean
• Defined by Islam (North Africa is extension)
• Origin of the 3 monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam)
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North Africa
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Present-day Countries
• Morocco
• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Libya
• Egypt
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What makes North Africa?
• Sahara Desert
• Mediterranean Sea
• Extension of Arab Middle East, influenced by trans-Saharan trade and Islam
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West Africa
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Present-day countries
• Senegal & the Gambia• Guniea Bissau & Guinea• Sierra Leone & Liberia• Cote’ D’Ivoire & Ghana
• Togo & Benin• Nigeria
• Burkina Faso• MAYBE: W. Sahara, Mauritania, Mali & Chad
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What makes West Africa?
• Coastal rainforest
• Savannah
• Sahel and Steppe
• Traditionally African until Islam pushed in from the north and Christianity and
westernization arrived in the 19th century
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Central Africa
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Present-day countries
• Cameroon• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Republic of the Congo• Equatorial Guinea
• Central African Republic• Rwanda• Burundi
• Chad (maybe)• Angola (maybe)
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What makes Central Africa?
• Congo basin, mostly rainforest, wet savannah
• Traditionally African with some Christian influence
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East Africa
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Present-day countries
• Kenya
• Uganda
• Tanzania
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What makes East Africa?
• Indian Ocean
• Coastal trade
• Bantu/Arab/Indian-Islamic
• Most influenced by the I/O trade routes than European colonization
• Sunni Islam on coast and tribal (animistic) in the interior
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Southern Africa
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Present-day countries
• Namibia
• Botswana
• Zimbabwe
• Mozambique
• Swaziland
• Lesotho
• Republic of South Africa
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What makes South Africa?
• South of C/E Africa
• Tribal religions, Islam, little Christianity from W. Europe
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Western Europe
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Present-day countries
• Ireland• United Kingdom
• Norway• Belgium• Denmark
• Netherlands• Luxemburg
• France• Portugal and Spain
• Italy • Switzerland
• NOT Germany or Austria
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What makes Western Europe?
• West of the Rhine, Scandinavia and Italy
• Area most affected by the Roman Empire and RCC
• This is what “western” in culture refers to
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Central Europe
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Present-day countries
• Germany• Austria
• Czech Republic• Slovakia• Hungary• Serbia• Albania• Croatia
• Slovenia• Macedonia
• Poland
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What makes Central Europe?
• East of the Rhine as far as RCC influence extends
• Directly influenced by the Reformation, Counter-Reformation and the
Enlightenment
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Eastern Europe & Russia
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Present-day countries
• Russia• Romania• Bulgaria• Lithuania• Estonia• Latvia
• Belarus• Ukraine• Moldavia
• Caucus nations• NO LONGER: Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Yugoslav nations
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What makes Eastern Europe?
• Eastern extremities of central Europe across Eurasia to the Pacific
• Orthodox Christianity, some Islam, no direct influence of
Reformation/Enlightenment but they have a secondary influence
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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Present-day countries
• All of the western hemisphere south of the United States
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What makes Latin America & the Caribbean?
• North American and African cultures with heavy overlay of Spanish and Portuguese
influences
• RCC and Iberian outlook
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North America
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Present-day countries
• United States
• Mexico
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What makes North America?
• British/Western European cultures
• Enlightenment/Revolutionary attitude
• Exclusive Western European philosophy
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Australia & Oceania (Polynesia)
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What makes Australia & Oceania?
• Islands
• Mixture of cultures brought in through trade
• Widely disparate religious philosophy
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Avoid pitfalls…
• “Southern Asia”
• “South Africa”
• “Central America”
• “Balkans”
• “Mediterranean States”
• “Afghanistan”