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North Korea

Published on Dec 04, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NORTH KOREA

BY: TESSA, EDITH, AND CONNOR
Photo by SEDACMaps

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

  • Koreans are descendants of people who migrated from northern China and Central Asia
  • In 1895 Japanese forces defeated China's troops & invaded Korea
  • In 1910 Japan removed Korea's monarchy & became an economic colony of Japan
  • Japan ruled Korea until the end of WW2 & in 1950 Korea split into North and South Korea
  • This caused the Korean War which left land destoryed and 1 million people dead
Photo by Graeme Pow

REGIONS

  • South Hamgyong- 3,006,013
  • The province was formed in 1896
  • Its capital is Pyongyang
  • Kangwon- 1,477,582
  • The mountain and its foothills have many jagged rocks and peaks
Photo by @Doug88888

CLIMATE

  • Has a humid continental climate
  • Winter is long and cold (from Dec. To March)
  • Summer us nice and warm
  • January average is 20 degrees in the North
  • January average is -10 degrees in the south

RESOURCES

  • Has a pretty good amount of the minerals kn the peninsula
  • 200 of them are useful to the economy
  • More important ones is iron ore and coal
  • MOre emphasis on gold, magnesite, lead, and zinc
  • Hydro electricity is used as a main power source

MAJOR INDUSTRY

  • North Korea is rich in minerals & has hydroelectric resources
  • Zinc, coal, lead, uranium, iron ore, copper, gold, and graphite
  • Some major industries are Textiles, Mining, and Military Products
  • Other industries: Food Processing, Machine Building and Steel

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

  • They are a communist countries.
  • Communism is a person who supports or believes in the principles
  • Kim Song-Ju is the leader,President, and the head of state

MAJOR LANDFORMS

  • Baekdu Mountain is located in the northern border
  • Sea Of Japan
  • Longest Rivers is the Yalu.

AGRICULTURE

  • Farms are state owned but some farms have small garden plots
  • Rice, potatoes, and wheat are main crops
  • Droughts and floods cause severe food shortages
Photo by mripp

Buildings

Cities

Photo by Matthijs Gall