ASIAN HISTORY

LOCATING ASIA

CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER

Latitude measured from the equator (+)positive values going north (-) negative values going south latitude are all parallel to each other

FOUR SIGNIFICANT LINES OF LATITUDE

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- The Equator : divides into 2 hemispheres

(North and South): 40,075 km long

23.5N and S - Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn between these two, at some time of the year, the sun is directly overhead beyond each of these the sun is never directly overhead 66.5N and S - The Polar Circles 90N and S - The Poles beyond the Poles and the Polar Circles 24 hours of daylight (midnight sun) is possible in summer and 24 hours without any daylight is possible in winter

CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER

Longitude also called meridian measured from the Prime Meridian (+)positive values going east (-) negative values going west

CONCEPTS TO REMEMBER

Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude imaginary line runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, western Africa, and Antarctica.

EXACT LOCATION OF ASIA

Latitude: South=10 degrees North=95 degrees Longitude: East =11-175 degrees

LOCATION HAS AN EFFECT ON THE

CLIMATE CONDITION

CLIMATE HAS EFFECTS ON PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE

Source: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm

Source: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm

North

South

West

East

Arctic Ocean Kara Sea Laptev Sea East Siberian Sea

Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Bengal Sea Arafura Sea

Ural and Caucasus Mountains Caspian Sea Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Black Sea

Pacific Ocean Bering Strait

7 CONTINENTS ACCORDING TO SIZE

1) Asia - 43,810,000 km2 2) Africa - 30,370,000 km2 3) North America - 24,490,000 km2 4) South America - 17,840,000 km2 5) Antarctica - 13,720,000 km2 6) Europe - 10,180,000 km2 7) Australia - 7,692,024 km2

REGIONS IN ASIA

SOUTH ASIA

NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

WEST ASIA

FERTILE CRESCENT

FERTILE CRESCENT
Syria Jordan Iraq

MESOPOTAMIA
The oldest civilization in the world the word Mesopotamia means land between two rivers. ( Tigris and Euphrates rivers)

EAST ASIA

MONSOON

MONSOON
Derived from the Arab mausim which means season Alternating ang opposing winds or seasonal winds.

NORTHEAST MONSOON

NORTHEAST MONSOON

Changes in the direction of winds that originate from the continent and move toward the bodies of water.

SOUTHWEST

SOUTHWEST MONSOON

Direction of the winds that originate from the bodies of water and move toward the continent.

NATURAL RESOURCES OF ASIA

SOUTH ASIA

JUTE

EAST ASIA
China

TUNGSTEN

MAGNESIUM

ANTIMONY

WEST ASIA

NORTH ASIA

GOLD