Essay Review Geography!

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Essay ReviewGeography!
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Components of the Regents Essay

• F Facts, Evidence Details (the explanation,
  specifics and substantiation of the essay)
• O Organization (Introduction, Body Paragraphs
  Conclusion)
• L Level of Analysis (the long-range or
  immediate impact of the information on a society
  or on history)
• D Development of the Task (the bullets of the
  task)

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The Geography Essay!
Task Select three different geographic features
and for each Discuss how this geographic
feature influenced the historical and/or cultural
development of a specific civilization, empire,
country, or region.
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Essential Information for this Essay!
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Deserts

• Sahara Desert
• Location Northern Africa
• Size 3,000 x 1,500 miles size of Continental
  U.S.
• Effects Massive barrier to trade travel,
  presents agricultural difficulties, spreading of
  the desert in Sahel region creates economic
  difficulties

• Gobi Desert
• Location Northern China/Mongolia
• Note This is a rain shadow desert of the
  Himalaya Mts.
• Effects Historic barrier to trade travel,
  terrible desertification occurring and terrible
  sand storms create problems for China

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Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains
• Location S. Asia, between India China
• Note Highest mountain range in the world
• Effect Serious barrier to trade travel,
  isolated China created sense of superiority
  (ethnocentric), the Middle Kingdom

• Andes Mountains
• Location W. coast of S. America
• Note Second highest mountain range in world
• Effect Isolates coast, Incas had to create
  terrace farming, paved roads and suspension
  bridges in order to communicate and farm

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Oceans/Seas

• Indian Ocean
• Location South of Asia
• Effects Historic highway of trade between E.
  Africa, India, SE Asia China, created cultural
  ethnic diversity in SE Asia because of the
  volume of trade diversity of traders

• Mediterranean Sea
• Location Between Europe and Africa
• Effects Historic highway of trade for European
  civilizations especially Rome, Rome controlled
  land all around the Med Sea and trade was an
  important component to Romes power wealth

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Rivers

• Nile River
• Location Egypt
• Effects Site of Egypts Ancient civilization,
  the Nile provided life-giving water in an
  otherwise arid Sahara Desert (also key for
  irrigation), flooded annually leaving fertile
  silt behind

• Yellow River (Huang-He)
• Location China
• Effects Sometimes referred to as Chinas
  sorrow, it was the site of Chinas Ancient
  civilizations, water for humans, animals
  irrigation, flooded unpredictably (causing
  destruction), leaving fertile loess behind

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Island Location

• England/Britain
• Location 20 miles off the coast of Europe
  (France)
• Effects Location is close enough to afford
  contact or isolation, Necessitated development of
  a navy or merchant ships to trade or for defense

• Japan
• Location 90 miles off the coast of Asia
  (Korea)
• Effects Location is close enough to afford
  contact or isolation, Japan borrowed some Chinese
  culture, but remained largely isolated during
  Tokugawa Era (1603-1867), Japanese society is
  very homogenous