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World regions:

GEOGRAPHY:
Facts and Figures
U.K

U.S
VIETNAM
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UNITED STATE
OF AMERICA
Bordering countries : Mexico

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and Canada
326,909,149
Area (September
:3,794,100 2017 estimate)
square miles

states
(9,826,675 sq km)
Coastline: 12,380 miles (19,924
km)
Climate
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USA 6

Wonders
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RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS

-Racial group : group set apart


from others because of physical
differences that have taken on
What are
social significant
race and
-Ethnic group : group set apart
from other primarily because of
ethnic ?
its national origin or distinctive
culture patterns.
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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE US


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HISPANIC (LATINO) IN THE US

*-Account
HISPANIC for 17,9 of the
* WHY ARE
CONCENTRATION THEY
population -57,7 million
COMING
-Over TO THE
live just in the
(2016 estimate) US
- Job
southwest
Largest minority group
Family
-inNew
theMexico
United has highest
States &
concentration
largest growing (42%)
minority
Escape situation
group as well (58% in
last 10 years)
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ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE US

- Account for 5,7% of the


Almost (2016
population 66% of all AA
estimate)
live in just 5 states :
rd
- 3California,
largest minority group
New York,
Growth rate
Hawaii, Texas andfor Asian
population is increasing,
Illinois.
expected to represent 9% of
population by 2050
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NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE US

60%of American Indians And


Alaska natives lived in the
southwest
of the total population lives in
either California or Oklahoma
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WHITE ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE


US
These are immigrants that came
Where do1800s
over in the they and
live1900s
? that
+ Boston
were mainly= Catholic
predominantly
and didIrish
not fit
Catholic
into the norm of being a WASP
+NYC = mainly protestant)
( white anglo-saxon Italian and
These people mostly came from
Greek
+ Chicago=
Ireland, France,
? large Italy
Poland, Polish
and
enclaves
Greece
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Today the trend is toward multiculturalism,


Various ethnic
=>AMERICA : A groups
MELTINGenriched
POT OF America
CULTURE with
to A diverse
SALAD art,
BOWL
not assimilation.
food, music, and literature
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UNITED KINGDOM

The UK is bordered by four seas:


The UK is made up of:
To the south by the English
Channel, which seperates it from
Area: 242,495 km
Great
continental Europe
Britain
65,511,098
Coastline: 12,429 km
To the east by the North Sea (Estimated to 2017)
(England, Scotland,
To the west by the Irish Sea and
Wales)
the Atlantic Ocean
Northern Ireland
Scotland

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Scotland
Wales
England
Ireland
Climate
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- Latitude or distance from the


equator
- Altitude or height above sea level
- Distance from the sea
- Ocean currents
- Prevailing wind
Britains Temperatures in Summer and
Winter

In the ______summer__________in the UK the weather In the ____winter____________in the UK the weather is
is hottest in the ____south_____ of the country and warmest in the __west_______ of the country and
coolest in the ______north___ of the country. This is coldest in the ______east___ of the country. This is
because the south of the UK is closer to the because the west of the UK is closer to the
_________equator__, which is the warmest place on __atlentic_________ _____ocean___, which is a warm
Earth. This is because the _sun____s rays are focused sea, because of a current called the North
on the Equator all _______ round. _______Atlentic____ Drift. The east is cold because the
North Sea is a ________ sea.
Word Box
Summer Sun Atlantic Ocean Winter Atlantic East
Cold Equator West North Year South
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Wonders
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VIETNAM
Bordering countries: Laos
and Cambodia to west, China
to the north, the Gulf of
Thailand to the south.

Coastline: 3,260 km
Area: 331,210 km
Climate
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Vietnam
Wonders
HOW NATIONAL ECONOMY IS
AFFECTED BY GEOGRAPHY?
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Foreign
Economicexchange
In terms ofdevelopment
culture - society
- Roads, railway
- International airports
- seaports
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