WG final mapping review

Mojave Desert (Cali)

Leeward side of mountain range: Mountain Barriers

India(South Asia)

Monsoon season

Sahara Desert (Northern Africa)

Largest desert in the world

Brazil

Amazon rainforest

Mongolia

Continental position: Climate factors

Himalaya mountains

Highest range in the world: Elevation climate factor: Convergent Boundary

Southwest Asia

largest oil deposits in the world

Tornado Alley (Kansas)

Common annual risk of tornadoes

San Andreas Fault (Cali)

Transforming boundary

Divergent Boundary” Great Rift Valley

East Africa

Tunisia

Arab Spring began here

North Korea

Modern dictatorship

Saudi Arabia

one of the last few remaining Traditional Monarchies

Norway

Social Democracy

Rwanda

Genocide Occurred here

China

2nd Largest population in the world

United States

3rd largest population in the world

Japan

High dependency ratio with elderly: declining population

Iran

Theocracy

England

Constitutional Monarchy

Florida

Large tertiary based economy in the U.S: Disney!!!!!!!!!

Russia

Largest natural gas reserves

South Africa

racial discrimination: Apartheid

Germany

Berlin Conference drew the political map of Africa

Israel

Cultural hearth for 3 monotheistic religions

India

Hearth for polytheistic Hinduism

Chad

large scale migration due to violence: refugees fleeing genocide in Sudan

Afghanistan

Taliban: Religious extremism: civil conflict: war : poppy growing region

Syria

Civil war and refugees crisis

Australia

Harsh racial codes forcing assimilation of native populations

Ukraine

Modern War

Myanmar

Sectarian Violence

Mexico Supranationalism

NAFTA

China

Rapidly Growing Economy: Manufacturing

Nigeria

Developing Region: Classic Population pyramid Shape High Birth Rates etc.