Geography

Facts & Figures

Regions and people of the world

Unit 2
 Key terms
Physical vs Human geography
Location
Climate pattern
Natural resources
Migration pattern
Pattern of Population Change
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 Physical
Geography

Location Climate Patterns Natural resources

Group discussion
How can P. G affect a country?
World climate regions/patterns and their
impacts ?
Give examples
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 UK
heavy rain all year

Weather:
steady rain all
year
temperate
climate, with heavy rain all
plentiful rainfall year
all year round

light rain all

year
UK
 US
Weather
quite dramatic as it varies widely.

Climate
• Desert climate in the Southwest
• Humid subtropical climate in Southeast
• Temperate climate in the South
• Humid continental climate in the North
• Oceanic climate in the Northwest
 2016:
15 weather and
climate disasters
caused 138 deaths,
$46B in damages

The US:
Since 1980:
more than 200
weather and climate

country w disasters that

exceeded $1.1 trillion

high
in overall damages.

natural
disaster risk
Cre: http://www.noaa.gov/news/2016-was-2nd-warmest-year-on-record-for-us
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 How geography gave the US power

Physical G.
Why Iceland is ideal for The Data Center Industry

Malaysia Geographic challenge

P.G advantages/ challenges
P.G and Politic, Economic
Growth
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 Group discussion
Give examples of population change/growth and
Human its impact on the development of countries

Geography

Pattern of Popu change

Population growth
Migration pattern

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 Group discussion
Give examples of population change/growth and
Human its impact on the development of countries

Geography
Study people and their__
Communities
Cultures
Economies
Interaction w Environment 13
 Human Age structure

Geography Annual working population

People’s needs
Working culture
Explain the correlation ship People’s religions
between concepts Structure of economy

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 Migration of
Rich Chinese
- More than a third of the millionaires
surveyed said they wanted to leave China,
and the No. 1 favorite was the United
States.
- The number of super-rich Chinese entering
the United States accounts for 33% of the
total super-rich in China. The number of
millionaires who want to migrate or are
planning to migrate in the next five years
accounts for 64%
- Last year, about 130 million Chinese were
displaced and by the end of the decade the 18
figure was expected to exceed 200 million.
Watch 2 following videos. In your opinion, should or shouldn’t
the U.S. accept 100,000 Syrian refugees?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD-2V1AyU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2eKfBIqvM

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