NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

MAP OF NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

• Abosolute:105*N-125*N and 30*E- 60*E
• Vicinal:N. Of north pacific ocean
• Insular: NE. of India
• -W. of Japan
• -NW. of Taiwan and Philippines

NORTH ASIAN CLIMATE

• Tundra

CENTRAL ASIA CLIMATE

• Steppe
• Humid continental
• Mid Latitude desert

WATER AND LAND FORMS

• -NORTH ASIA-
• Water: Yenisey River, Angara River
• Land: Sayan Mts, Allay Mts,

WATER AND LAND FORMS

• -Central Asia-
• Water: Chang River, Qingbal Lake,
• Huang River, Yellow River.
• Land: Gobi Desert, Great Kbingan Range,
• Taklimakan Desert, Plateau of Tibet

MINERALS

• Coal
• Natural gas
• Petroleum
• Other ores

FLORA

• NORTH ASIA
• -Mosses
• -Sedges
• -Lichens

FLORA

• CENTRAL ASIA
• -Steppe Grasslands
• -Desert Baisin

FAUNA

• NORTH ASIA
• Snow Leopard
• Grew wolf
• Siberian Roe deer
• (Features that survive in cold weather)

FAUNA

• CENTRAL ASIA
• -Camels
• -Coyote

POPULATION

POPULATION

• Present: 104,453,533
• Growth rate:6 million to 14 million in 1959 and 33 million in 1989
• Ratio: 1:2 men to female
• Both north and central asia combined

CULTURE

• Shelter: Tents or Huts
• Clothing: Thick clothing for cold condition
• Art: Pottery
• Food: Sea mammals, Land mammals
• North Asia

CULTURE

• Shelter: huts and tents
• Clothing: white and spacious inside and out
• Art: Carpets and rugs
• Central asia

EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY

• Technology: Mining machinery
• Writing system: made out of symbols and characters
• Religion: Buddhism, Shamanism, Christianity
• North Asia

EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY

• Technology: Oil rigs (utilizing resources which is oil)
• Writing system: Arabic alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet , Turkish
• Religion: Islamic
• Central Asia

Megalithic structure
-North Asia-
Ivolginsky Datsan, located in East Siberia near Lake Baikal, is the most important Buddhist monastery in Russia

Megalithic Structure
-Central Asia-
The great wall of China is built from east to west which its purpose is for protection from various nomadic enemies

FOREIGN TRADE NORTH ASIA

• -Japan
• -Mongolia
• -Korea

FOREIGN TRADE CENTRAL ASIA

• -Afghanistan
• -Kazakhstan
• -Kyrgyzstan
• -Tajikistan
• -Turkmenistan

NORTH ASIA GOVERNMENT

• Monarchy
• Siberia has other clans and groups

CENTRAL ASIA GOVERNMENT

• Democratic Republic
• Communism