Physical Geography of the Middle East
What are the cross-roads of the world?
The cross roads of the water is a nickname for the middle east because Europe, Asia, and Africa all intercept here.
What brings 90% of rain in south Asia's subcontinent?
Monsoon
What's the desert in north central China called?
What two oceans sandwich Southeast Asia?
The Pacific and Indian Oceans
What is the highest mountain peak in Japan?
Mt. Fuji
What are the four mains seas in the middle east.
Caspian, Red, Black, and Mediterian
What famous peak mountain is located in the Himalaya mountains?
Mount Everest
Describe one characteristic of North China.
A cold, dry region; major wheat growing region; Yellow River Valley; North China Plain
What was the old name for Myanmar?
What % of Japan is mountainous?
85%
What is the impact if the himalayans mountains?
barriers, mineral resources, border conflicts, and transport
What 4 groups are responsible for the cultural diffusion in Southern Asia
Aryans, Alexander the Great, Muslims, and Afghan refugees.
What are the 5 geographic regions of China?
Southern China, North China, Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Tibet
How many islands do Indonesia and the Philippines contain together?
20,000 or more
Nearly all of Japan receives at least ________ inches of rain per year.
40
Both converge in Sudan and flow northward into the mediteranian
What direction is the Thar desert located in?
West
The Yellow River is also known as ___________ because when the dikes fail, the river floods, destroying crops and homes and killing people.
"China's sorrow"
Name 4 of the 10 nations in Southeast Asia.
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.
Japan lies in "the ring of fire". What does that mean?
An earthquake and volcano zone.
What are the three groups of people used the Himalayans? What Person used it?
Aryans, Muslims, And Afghan Refugees . Alexander The Great
Where do the three chief river systems begin? What are the three rivers?
Himalayas and the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers
This river flows in the far south of China, is an important source of irrigation, and at its mouth lies the city of Canton.
The West River
Where did the 2004 tsunami cause the most destruction?
Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula
Japan's rivers are limited in terms of navigation but they do provide ___________ and ___________.
hydroelectric power and irrigation