INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY

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This presentation contains the contents of the sixth grade Geography course, a geography overview
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        According to the ONU, there are 196 sovereign countries. The world is divided in 6 continents: Asia, Africa, America, Europe, Oceania and Antarctica.    
    THE WORLD

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    ASIA
    COUNTRIES:  Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, North Korea, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Georgia, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldiva, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Syria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.  LANGUAGES: Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Nepalese, Sinhalese, Assamese, Punjabi, cashmere, Sindhi, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati and Bihari languages, English and Russian. RELIGIONS: Brahmanism, hinduism, budism, islamism, confusianism.

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    AFRICA
    COUNTRIES: Angola, Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, South Africa, Sudan, Sudan From the south, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Djibouti, Zambia and Zimbabwe LANGUAGES: Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba and Arabic in the north. RELIGIONS: traditional african religions and Islam in the north.

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    AMERICA
    COUNTRIES: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. RELIGIONS: Catholisism, Protestantism.

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    EUROPE
    COUNTRIES:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. LANGUAGES:  German, English, Bulgarian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish and Czech. RELIGIONS: Islamism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Christianity.

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    OCEANIA
    COUNTRIES: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. LANGUAGES: English, Maori, Japanese, Tonga, French. RELIGIONS: traditional tribe religions, cristianism, protestantism.

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    WORLD CLIMATES
    POLAR: Average temperature of less than 10 °C (50 °F) TEMPERATE: These regions generally have more variety in temperature over the course of the year and more distinct changes between seasons. ARID: A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.  TROPICAL: a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures of at least 18°C (64°F). In tropical climates there are often only two seasons: a wet season and a dry season MEDITERRANEAN: is usually characterized by rainy winters and dry, warm to hot summers. MOUNTAINS: Also known as alpine or highland climate. This climate causes trees to fail to grow due to cold. Temperatures vary from 0°C to 3°C.

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    EVEREST: 8.848mt (Himalaya, Nepal-China border) K2: 8.611mt (Himalaya, Pakistan-China border) KANGCHENJUNGA: 8.586mt (India-Nepal border) LHOTSE: 8.516mt (Tibet, China-Nepal border) MAKALU: 8.485 (Nepal-China border) CHO OYU: 8.188 (Tibet, China-Nepal border) DHAULAGIRI I: 8.167 (Nepal) MANASLU: 8.163 (Himalaya, Nepal) NANGA PARBAT: 8.126 (Himalaya, Pakistan) ANNAPURNA I: 8.091 (Himalaya, Nepal)
    HIGHEST MOUNTAINS

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    TIME ZONES
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