Asia

• Asia has 4.6 billion people. 60% of the worlds population
• 2.8 billions live in china and india
• Asia has thousands of ethnic groups and languages
• Top 3 religions in asia

  Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
• 53% of asias population lives in rural areas
• 10% of Asia lives in poverty
• Central Asia

  Not so well off. Kazakhstan has the strongest economy in this region
• North Asia

  Sells oil and gas to other countries. Exports them by pipeline
• East Asia

  Main industrial region
• Southeast Asia

  Depend mainly on agriculture. Export rice and other foodstuffs
• The Middle East

  Has a big share of the worlds oil and gas reserves. This made some countries here very wealthy
• South Asia

  Asias poorest region. Exports textiles and foodstuffs
• Asia's biomes

  Tundra, taiga, steppes, temperate forest, cold desert, hot desert, mountains, warm moist forest
• Tundra

  Bitterly cold, ground is deeply frozen. Surface thaws in summer. Then ponds form everywhere and low plants grow
• Taiga

  Has thick coniferous forests with trees like spruce and fir. Winters are long, summers are short
• Steppes

  Plains of grassland with very few trees due to little rain
• Temperate forest

  Very wet. Has deciduous trees.
• Cold desert

  Summers are hot but cloudless slides mean cold nights. Winter are brutally cold (-40°C)
• Hot desert

  Very hot during day and cold at night. Vegetation is sparse because of little rain
• Mountain

  Mountain ranges. The higher you go, then colder it gets
• Warm moist forest

  Has tropical rainforests and mangrove swamps
• Relief

  How the height of the land varies
• Mount Everest lies in China's border with Nepal
• Megalopolis 


  A very large urban area that formes when large urban areas merge
• Capital of Iran

  Tehran
• Capital of Philippines

  Manila
• Capital of Afghanistan

  Kabul
• Capital of Pakistan

  Islamabad
• Capital of Japan

  Tokyo
• Capital of Thailand

  Bangkok
• Capital of India

  New Delhi
• Capital of Malaysia

  Kuala Lumpur
• Capital of Indonesia

  Jakarta
• Capital of Vietnam

  Hanoi
• Capital of Mongolia

  Ulan Bator
• Capital of Cambodia

  Phnom Penh
• Capital of Sri Lanka

  Colombo