The Physical Environment Flashcards
(45 cards)
• There was once a single land mass called
“EURASIA”.
Early geographers divided EURASIA (Euro Asiatic continent) into two parts known to them,
Europe and Asia.
o Europe was the _________, the land of the setting sun.
“Occident” (West)
o Asia as the_______ , the land of the rising sun.
“Orient” (East)
• These geographers have divided Asia into three geographical areas:
the Near East,
Middle East and
the Far East.
principal countries in the Near East,
China, Japan, Korea, and the Eastern part of Soviet Siberia.Southeast Asian Countries.
A continent is a great division of lands in the globe. There are seven continents in the world:
➢ Asia
➢ North America
➢ South America
➢ Europe
➢ Africa
➢ Australia
➢ Antarctica
• Asia is bounded in the _____
North by the Ural Mountain, the Arctic Ocean up to the Bering Sea.
• In the East is the
Pacific Ocean
and in the South by
Timor Sea, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.
________ bound the Western part of Asia.
Ural Mountain
• Asia has a total land area of _______ square miles or approximately ________ square kilometers.
17,000,000/43,608,000
THE LARGEST ASIAN COUNTRIES
✓ China – 9,572,900 square kilometers
✓ India – 3,166,414 square kilometers
✓ Kazakhstan – 2,717,300 square kilometers
✓ Saudi Arabia – 2,240,000 square kilometers
• More than one fifth (1/5) of Asia is consists of _____
plateaus
The most extensive is the Pamir Plateau, which is known as the _____
“Roof of the World”
, the world’s highest mountain
Mt. Everest
Mt everest can be found in
lies North of Nepal and India.
• In Japan alone, it has ____ volcanoes and ___ of them are active.
165/54
• is the most famous volcano in Japan.
Mt. Fuji
• In the Philippines it has _______, known for its perfect cone
Mayon Volcano
, the smallest volcano in the world.
Taal Volcano
• In between the ranges of hills or mountains are the _____.
valleys
(Valley)
• In China, they have the
Huang Ho, Yangtze and Amur.
(Valleys)
• In Indo China, they have the famous ______.
Mekong Delta
