1. © T. M. Whitmore 2 nd Hourly Monday Review session 7pm Sunday 3/26, Saunders 220  (enter West door) Exam covers  Latin America & Caribbean (Ch. 4-5)  SS Africa (Ch. 6)  N Africa & SW Asia (Ch. 7)  Europe (Ch. 8)

2. © T. M. Whitmore Last Time Central Asia  Physical environment  Population & settlement  Culture

3. © T. M. Whitmore Today Central Asia  Religious geography  Geopolitical & development issues China  Scale & isolation  Physical environments  Agriculture

4. © T. M. Whitmore Central Asia: Religion Geopolitical issues  History of political domination from Russia/USSR  History of political domination from China Afghanistan Current issues

5. Islam Lamaist or Tantrayana Buddhism

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14. Central Asia: Contemporary development All states very poor Breakup of USSR => economic collapse of ‘Stans Afghanistan in chaos Promise/curse of oil

15. © T. M. Whitmore China: physical environment I China – huge ~ US with Alaska 3 regions (1 st 2 covered in Central Asia)  “Outer” China  Himalaya mountains and Tibetan plateau to the SW  Gobi & Taklamakan deserts to the west and NW  China “proper”  Isolated by mountains and deserts

18. © T. M. Whitmore China “proper”: Manchuria to Vietnam Chinese climate

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20. China “proper”: Manchuria to Vietnam China sub-regions  Northeast China Plain / Manchuria  The N. China Plain  Huang He river (formally Yellow)  Basins of the Chang Jiang (formally Yangtze) river  Tropical southern China Environmental degradation and hazards

22. Manchuria

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