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Geography of Asia - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Flora- plants
      - GDP – the total value of goods and services provided in a country in one year
      - Geopolitics - politics influenced by geographical factors
      - Human causes - things that are caused by human activity
      - Imports - bringing goods or services into a country to sell
      - Investor – a person or organisation that puts money into financial schemes. property etc.
      - Latitude - the distance of a place north or south of the equator
      - Longitude - the distance of a place east or west of Greenwich Meridian
      - Low pressure weather system - a weather system generally associated with cloudy and rainy conditions
      - Monsoon climate - the wet season from May to October and the dry season from October to April
      - Natural increase: The difference between birth rate and death rate in a country
      - Even even more words
        
        Natural resources - materials from the environments that can be used for economic gain
        
        Neo-colonialism - using economic, cultural or political factors to control or influence another country
        
        One-child policy: a birth control policy implemented in China with the aim of reducing population
        
        Physical causes - things caused by natural activity
        
        Prediction: forecasting when the event will happen..
        
        Preparation: ensuring people are ready for an event e.g. having an evacuation plan.
        
        Protection: Making sure that buildings are safe in the event of a natural hazard
        
        Topography - the physical appearance of the natural features of the land
        
        Trade: buying and selling goods and services
        
        Transboundary - crossing a number of boundaries Social - factors that affect people Economic - factors that affect money and jobs
        
        Tropical Storm - a very intense low-pressure weather system which forms over tropical oceans
- - - - Snow leopard's tail + camouflage + large nostrils
      - Yak's toes
      - Rhododendrons
- - - - Economic expansion
        
        Increased trade opportunities
      - More jobs
      - Fast development for developing countries
    - - Too much influence on other countries
      - China can take ports if debt is not repaid
  - - - Ageing population
      - More abortions of female babies because families want a boy
      - There are now more men that women
    - - There is reduced pressure on food and energy resources
- - - - Prediction- Forecasting when an event will strike
      - Protection- Constructing buildings so that they are safe, to a standard they they can withstand tropical cyclones
      - Preparation- Ensuring that individuals and the community are ready for the event e.g. having an evacuation plan and first aid kits
      - What to do
        
        Build strong buildings
        
        Flood protection
        
        Have an evacuation plan
        
        Hand out first aid kits
        
        Educate the public on how to prepare
        
        Predict cyclones so that people are able to get to safety