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Geography Chart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| W.E.- Influence of climate | north alantic drift, prevailing westerlies, rain shadow of southern and northern mountains |
| E.E.- Influence of climate | Reflects a transition between Western Europe and Northern Eurasia (Russia) |
| SW.A.- Influence of climate | Westerly winds bring rain to Meditteranean climate areas, high temperatures, little precipitation less than 10 inches a year |
| S.A- Influence of climate | Monsoons, rain shadow, western ghats |
| E.A.- Influence of climate | Tropical climate in the south, high lands in china, ocean waters moderate climate of Japan |
| W.E.- Population Distribution | 2/3rds live in 4 nations: UK, France, Germany, Italy; one or the highest population densitys of the world. UNEVEN |
| E.E.- Population Distribution | UNEVEN. Multientnic; 2/3rds are desendants from the slavs |
| SW.A.- Population Distribution | UNEVEN. live near sources of water; farmland scarce, moving to urban areas |
| S.A.- Population Distribution | one of the most densely settled population on earth, greatest rainfall = highest density; some of the largest cities in the world. UNEVEN |
| E.A.- Population Distribution | Low land areas with mild and wet climates, have the greatest densitys, UNEVEN, about 35 percent live in cities |
| W.E.- Major Physical Features | Alps, Northern-European plain, Mt. Blanc, Apennines, Seine R., Thames R. |
| E.E.- Major Physical Features | North-European Plain, Danube R., Dinaric Alps, Balkan Penninsula, Putza, Carpathian Mts., Vistula R. |
| SW.A.- Major Physical Features | Euphates and Tigris R., Dead Sea, Rub Al-Khali, Zagros Mts., Persian Gulf |
| S.A.- Major Physical Features | Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra R., Indo-Gangeic plain, Deccan plateu, Great Indian Desert, Himilayas, Mt. Everest |
| E.A.- Major Physical Features | Hung He R., Yangzi R., Plateu of Tibet, Golbi Dessert |
| W.E.- H/E Interaction | Very fes forests reamain because of cola feilds and industrial revolution |
| E.E.- H/E Interaction | most of the lands have been cleared for farming |
| SW.A.- H/E Interaction | creation of dams, canals, and other ways to obtain water, desalination |
| S.A.- H/E Interaction | about 2/3rds of the population depends directly on the land for their living |
| E.A.- H/E Interaction | almost 20 prcent of the worlds earhquakes occur here |
| W.E. - Religion | Christianity |
| E.E - Religion | Christianity, Roman Catholic |
| SW.A.- Religion | Islam, Christianity, Jusaism |
| S.A.- Religion | Hinduism and islm, Buddhism found here |
| E.A.- Religion | Buddhism and Shinto |
| W.E.- Economic Development | European union of common market; commercial farming and manufacturing and trade |
| E.E.- Economic Developement | under communist control after WW II until late 1980s; faced shortages; commercial farming, more economic growth |
| SW.A.- Economic Developement | Petroleum, banking, OPEC |
| S.A.- Economic Developement | India is one of the worlsd leading indusrial nations. subsitence farming, little activty in the north |
| E.A.- Economic Developement | Largely agricultural, industrial powerhouse = Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and soon to be China, focus of world trade, aquaculture |
| W.E.- History | Industrial Revolution |
| E.E.- History | Breakup of Yugoslavia, Holocuast, Communist Control |
| SW.A.- History | Israeli/Arab conflicts, Persian Gulf War, Earliest Civilization |
| S.A.- History | Gandhi and Indian Independance |
| E.A.- History | WW II and attack on pearl harbor, earliest civilazation in Hung He River Valley |
| W.E.- Affect of Climare on Farming | elevation, MWC, Norther latitudes |
| E.E.- Affect of Climare on Farming | Drier in Northeast, harsh continental climate in Poland, Putza |
| SW.A.- Affect of Climare on Farming | Receives les than 10 inches yearly, create new methods such as drip irrigation and national water carrier |
| S.A.- Affect of Climare on Farming | Little rain in areas out of parh of monsoons, depends greatly on monsoons |
| E.A.- Affect of Climare on Farming | Elevaton, tropical climates, fertile soil in northeast by loess, intense farming |