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GEOGRAPHY OF ASIAFrom the Mediterranean Sea
to the Pacific Ocean
Physical Features
The Middle East
The Middle East - Resources
Phosphates Oil
Left: Digging for phosphates in the Syrian soil
Above: The OPEC member countries
The Middle East – History and Culture
Islam
Judaism
Above: Muhamma
d, the founder of
Islam
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Physical Features
Central Asia
Central Asia - Resources
Central Asia – History and Culture
Nomads Yurts/Gers
Nomads travel from place to place on horseback or by camel so that their livestock can graze on the grasslands of Central Asia. They also carry yurts or gers with them to sleep and live in while traveling.
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Q2. Why do nomads live in yurts or gers?
Physical Features
North and East Asia
North and East Asia - Resources
China’s
Coal and Oil
History and Culture
North and East Asia
Above: Korean War photosLeft: Current Asian Communist countries
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Q3. Why do earthquakes and tsunamis occur near Japan?
Physical Features
South Asia
South Asia - Climate
Monsoon season in South Asia
South Asia - History and Culture
Reincarnation (left) and karma (above) are two beliefs of the polytheistic religion of Hinduism
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Q4. Complete this analogy, hurricanes are to the Caribbean as _________ are to
Bangladesh.
Physical Features
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia - Resources
Rubber Tree Other Products
Above: Rubber tree plantRight: Coconuts (top left), rice field (top right) and sugarcane
(below)
Southeast Asia – History and Culture
Top Left: Klongs of Bangkok, ThailandBottom Left: Buddhism is a dominant religion in this
regionRight: Kampongs of Jakarta, Indonesia
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Q5. What Southeast Asian country was once a protectorate of the United States?
Picture Citations
Slide 2 bahighlife.com
Slide 3 tradekey.com commons.wikimedia.org
Slide 4 i-cias.com wall-maps.com
Slide 6 umt.edu
Slide 7 landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov news.nationalgeographi
c.com orexca.com
Slide 8 art.com nicolasabramowicz.com yolisdolls.com
Slide 10 engwell.wikispaces.com
Slide 11 mnn.com guardian.co.uk sinodefenceforum.com busanhaps.com
Slide 12 2point6billion.com en.wikipedia.org mscaputouhs.wikispaces.co
m sydwalker.info
Picture Citations continued . . . Slide 14
lakesidepress.com Slide 15
earthweek.com time.com kaneva.com
Slide 16 kristinasaid.wordpress.com aci-reno.org
Slide 17 yourchildlearns.com
Slide 18 margokelly.blogspot.com floridagardener.com
Slide 18 continued . . . mrstaberswiki.pbwo
rks.com naturephoto-cz.com
Slide 19 enciclopedia.com.pt anneofcarversville.c
om uwacadweb.uwyo.e
du
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