This topic discusses the different regions in Asia

1. Geography of Asia
Third Term

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13. Regions in Asia
• East
• South
• Southwest
• North/Central
• Southeast

14. Southeast

15. • Popularly referred to as:
– Malay race region
– Brown race region (because of their skin color)
– ASEAN region (Association of Southeast Asian
countries)
• Composed of Archipelago (Indonesia,
Philippines) and Mainland SEA (Laos,
Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam)

16. Southeast Asian countries
• Indonesia
• Thailand
• Philippines
• Malaysia
• Vietnam
• Singapore
• Myanmar / Burma
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Brunei
• East Timor

17. South

18. • Popularly referred to as:
– Hindu region (with India as point of reference
because of its land area)
– Land of Mysticism
• Composed of the subcontinent of India and
the island of Sri Lanka and atolls of Maldives

19. South Asian countries
• India
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
• Nepal
• Bhutan
• Maldives

20. Southwest

21. • Popularly referred to as:
– Oil –rich region
– Arab region (because of predominantly Arab
ethinicity)
• Cradle of civilization (Mesopotamia as the first
cradle of history)
• Three of the world’s oldest existing religion
(Christianity, Judaism and Islam) originated
from this region.

22. Southwest Asian countries
• Turkey
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• United Arab Emirates
• Israel
• Iraq
• Qatar
• Oman
• Syria
• Jordan
• Yemen
• Lebanon
• Palestine
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Afghanistan

23. East

24. East Asian countries
• China
• Japan
• Hong Kong and
Macau (SAR)
• South Korea
• North Korea
• Mongolia
• Taiwan (province of
China)

25. • Popularly referred to as:
– Mongoloid race region
– Yellow region (because of their skin color)
– Europeans called them as “Far East”
• Composed of the historical countries of China,
Korea, Japan and Mongolia
• China has 2 Special Administrative Regions
(Macau and Hong Kong) and Chinese Taipei as
a province of China

26. North/Central

27. • Popularly referred to as:
– Caucasoid region (because of their skin color)
– Europeans called them as “Near East”
• Countries that gained independence from
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republic)
• Countries that mostly ends in “tan”

28. North/Central East Countries
• Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Armenia
• Georgia
• Azerbaijan