1. World Regional Geography April 7, 2010 Reading: Marston Chapter 8 pages 378-391, 393-410 (East Asia) Goode’s World Atlas pages 189-1999, 201-213 (East, Southeast, and South Asia) Week of 4/12: Map Quiz #4: Asia The “GREEN Wall of China” Inner Mongolia, China

2. Political Boundaries

3. Regional Boundaries Russia

4. Asia 1. East Asia a.China 2. Southeast Asia 3. South Asia a.India

5. Physical Features: Satellite

6. Physical Features: Topography Features to Remember: Mountains Himalayas Tien Shan Plateaus Himalayas Tien Shan Islands Himalayas Tien Shan

7. Mountains Himalayas Pamir Tien Shan Plateaus Tibetan Deccan Deserts Gobi Taklamakan Rivers Ganges Indus Mekong Yangtze Yellow (Huang He) Features to Remember Islands Indonesia Borneo (shared) Sumatra Java New Guinea (western) Japan Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Kyushu Philippines Luzon China Hainan Taiwan Sri Lanka

8. Asian Rivers Indus and Ganges Rivers Huang He (Yellow) River Yangtze River Mekong River

9. The Himalayas

10. Rainfall

11. Temperature Significant winter variations (North-South). Larger seasonal variations to the north, very little variation in SE Asia / Indonesia. High altitude regions: lower average temperatures. January July

12. Climate

13. Vegetation

14. Vegetation

15. Land Use

16. Population Density