Climates
Major Physical Features
Average GNI
PPP ($)
WATER: Ohio River, Great
Lakes, Mississippi River,
Missouri River, Hudson Bay,
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
Arctic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
LAND: Appalachian mts, Rocky
mts, Great Plains,
Total Fertility
Average Infant
Mortality Rate
Total Population
Dominant
Religion
Climates
Major Physical Features
Average GNI
PPP ($)
Dominant
Religion
Climates
WATER: Rhine, Thames,
Danube, English Channel,
North Sea, Mediterranean
Sea, Atlantic Ocean
LAND: Pyrenees Mts., Alps,
North European Plain
Total Population
Average Life Expectancy
Total
Total Population
Total Fertility
Average Infant
Mortality Rate
Average Life Expectancy
Total
Average GNI
PPP ($)
Dominant
Religion
WATER: Arctic Ocean, Siberia,
Pacific Ocean, Black Sea,
Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Lake
Baykal, Volga River, Ob River
LAND: Ural Mts, Caucasus Mts
Central Asia
Central Asia
Russia
Russia
Total Fertility
C Asia –
Russia -
203 million
Major Physical Features
Average Infant
Mortality Rate
C Asia Russia –
Average Life Expectancy
Total
C Asia
Russia -
Russian Federation
North America
Europe
East Asia
Climates
Latin America
Climates
Major Physical Features
WATER: Amazon, Pacific Ocean,
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf
of Mexico, Rio De La Plata
LAND: Andes mts, llanos, Pampas,
Brazilian Highlands
Dominant Religion
Average GNI PPP ($)
Total
Population
Total
Fertility
Average
Infant
Mortality
Rate
Average GNI PPP ($)
Average Life
Expectancy
Total
Population
Total
Fertility
North Africa and Southwest Asia
Climates
Average GNI PPP
Western Asia North Africa Total Population
Total Fertility
W Asia N Africa -
W Asia N Africa -
Climates
Average
Infant
Mortality
Rate
W Asia N Africa -
Dominant Religion
Average Life Expectancy
Total Population
South Asia
W Asia N Africa -
Major Physical Features
Total Fertility
Average Life
Expectancy
Major Physical Features
WATER: Pacific Ocean,
South China Sea, Indian
Ocean, Gulf of Thailand,
Mekong River
LAND: Malay Peninsula,
Annam Cordillera
Average GNI PPP ($)
Climates
Average GNI
PPP ($)
Dominant
Religion
WATER: Atlantic Ocean,
Indian Ocean, Nile, Congo
River, Zambezi River, Lake
Tanganyika, Red Sea
LAND: Sahara, Sahel, Great
Rift Valley, Namib Desert,
Total Population
Average
Infant
Mortality
Rate
Southeast Asia
Major Physical Features
WATER: Red Sea,
Mediterranean Sea,
Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf,
Tigris Rivers, Euphrates
River
LAND: Sahara, Arabian
Peninsula, Rub al Khali
Dominant Religion
Sub-Saharan Africa
Climates
Major Physical Features
WATER: Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan,
East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Huang He
(Yellow Rivers), Chang Jiang
(Yangtze)
LAND: Himalayas, Tian Shan, Tibetan
Plateau, Gobi Desert, Manchurian
Plain, North China Plain
Dominant Religion
Average Infant
Mortality Rate
Major Physical Features
WATER: Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Arabian
Sea, Ganges River, Indus River, Brahmaputra
River
LAND: Himalayas, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Thar
Desert, Deccan Plateau, Hindu Kush Mts.
Average Life Expectancy
Total
Infant Mortality
Dominant Religion
Hinduism –
Islam –
Buddhism –
Total Fertility
Average
Infant
Mortality
Rate
Average
Life
Expectancy
Oceania
Climates
Average GNI PPP ($)
Total
Fertility
Total Population
Average Life Expectancy
Total
Total Population
Major Physical Features
WATER: Pacific Ocean,
Indian Ocean, Darling River,
Murray River
LAND: Ayers Rock, Great
Victoria Desert, Great
Sandy Desert
Total Fertility
Average Infant
Mortality Rate
Average GNI
PPP($)
Dominant
Religion
Average Life Expectancy
Total
Regional Contrast
Region
North America
Example Countries
Total fertility
Infant
Mortality
Life
Expectancy
(both
genders)
Average GNI PPP ($)
United States
Canada
Latin America
Mexico
Guatemala
Europe
Norway
Poland
Russian
Federation
North Africa
and Southwest
Asia
Sub-Saharan
Africa
South Asia
Russia
Tajikistan
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
South Africa
Niger
India
Afghanistan
East Asia
China
Mongolia
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Laos
Oceania
Australia
Solomon Islands
1. Which region has the highest and lowest life expectancy?
8. Which region had the highest total population?
2. Which regions will have their total populations shrink based on their TFR?
9. Which region had the lowest total population?
3. Which regions would you predict to have the highest populations in 2050?
10. Which regions of the world would you find the following religions dominant? Buddhism, Christianity,
Hinduism, & Islam
4.
Which region would you predict to be most developed? Why?
11. Which region had the highest and lowest infant mortality?
5. Which region would you predict to be least developed? Why?
12. Which region had the highest and lowest GNI PPP?
6.
Which regions had the greatest difference in level of development?
13. Which region had the highest and lowest total fertility rate?
7. Which regions had the least difference in level of development?