Transcript Geographic Features

Geographic
Features
Patten & Valdner
Global History II
Mepham High School
Geographic Features in a
nation or region
• Explanation of how each factor has
influenced historical developments
and historical events of nations
and regions
Sahara Desert in Africa
• Served as a barrier (harsh terrain
limited travel), but did allow trade
• Promoted cultural diversity
• Made it difficult to unify
• Promoted tribalism and
regionalism
• Desertification is taking place
today
Himalaya Mountains in
China
• Served as a barrier
• Isolated China from the rest of the
world
• Protected China
• Promoted ethnocentrism and
development of single culture
“Middle Kingdom”
Monsoons in India
• Heavy winds that bring rain 2x per
year
• Natives depend on monsoons for
their crops
• Too much rain = destroys crops =
famine
• Too little rain = drought = famine
Island Location of Japan
• Isolated Japan from the rest of the
world
• Protected Japan
• Promoted ethnocentrism &
development of a single culture
• Respect for nature - depends on
sea for food
Natural Resources in
Japan
• Japan lacks natural resources
• Promoted imperialism to gain raw
materials (Manchuria 1931)
• Developed industrial economy
because lack of land for farming
(permitted only some terrace
farming)
Nile River in Egypt
• Provided fertile soil for farming
• Used for transportation & trade
• Home of ancient civilization (river
valley)
Irregular Coastline of
Great Britain
• Natural harbors and ports
• Excellent for trade
• Industrial Revolution began in
Britain
Size & Climate of Russia
• Nation is huge & extremely cold (little
arable land)
• Reason for defeat of Napoleon & Hitler
• Promoted Peter & Catherine the Great
to seek warm-water port on the Black
Sea (so they could trade all year)
• Poor farming