Categorilla: Highest and lowest arable land. Arable land means rich soil and farmable

Highest arable land Lowest arable land 1 Bangladesh 189 United Arab Emirates 2 Moldova 190 Mongolia 3 Ukraine 191 Botswana 4 India 192 Solomon Islands 5 Denmark 193 Papua New Guinea 6 Hungary 194 Mauritania 7 Mauritius 195 Suriname 8 Rwanda 196 New Caledonia 9 Togo 197 Oman 10 Romania 198 Iceland

THE WORLD IS ENDING Mass chaos has hit the world! You and only a few others have survived. You must re-build civilization and order to ensure your success you must select a location that has the perfect site and situation. Step 1: Select three people from your life that you would take on this venture. Step 2: Use your world map, the map on the projector and the map above to help you identify the best site and situation for your new civilization. Step 3: Justify why you have selected this location. ( at least four sentences). Step 4: Select a toponym for your newfound home. What Type of Region is it? many associated with the Baptist denomination, gained great popularity in the region. The region is usually contrasted with mainstream Protestants and Catholics of Ch. 1: Thinking Geographically the northeast, the religiously diverse Midwest and Great Lakes, the Mormon Essential Skill Activity #2 Corridor in Utah and southern Idaho, and the relatively secular western United States. Skill: Be able to define regions, and evaluate the regionalization process. Region 3: The Hanford Area, Washington Directions: ‘ The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex on the 1. Define the following terms: Formal Region, Functional Region and Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, operated by the United States Vernacular Region federal government. Established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project in 2. Read the text below. the town of Hanford in south-central Washington, the site was home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the world. The site 3. Identify and mark the region on the map. ( backside) is bordered on the southeast by the Tri-Cities, a metropolitan area composed of 4. Indicate type of region it is (see Key Issue #2). Justify your answer. Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, and smaller communities, and home to over 5. Describe how the characteristics that define this region would change 230,000 residents. Hanford is the primary economic base for these cities. over time, and as a result would change the nature of the region. Throughout its history, and continuing to today, there has been release of radioactive materials into the air, water, and ground on the Hanford site. This has resulted in a high level of cancer cases in and around Hanford, lessening Region 1: The Middle East with increased distance from the site. Many nearby residents have what is The Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, southeastern known as the “Hanford necklace”, a scar across their necks which indicate Europe, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a surgery for thyroid cancer. Nonetheless, nearby residents maintain a sense of synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The history of the Middle pride in Hanford’s history, believing that they were part of helping to win East dates back to ancient times, and throughout its history the Middle East has World War II through their efforts to make atom bombs. been a major centre of world affairs. The Middle East is also the historical origin of three of the world’s major religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Region 4: The Caribbean Islam. The Middle East generally has an arid and hot climate, with several The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of major rivers providing for irrigation to support agriculture in limited areas. which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. The region is located Many countries located around the Persian Gulf have large quantities of crude southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central oil. In modern times the Middle East remains a strategically, economically, America, and to the north of South America. The majority of the Caribbean politically, culturally and religiously sensitive region. has populations of mainly Africans in the French Caribbean, Anglophone Caribbean and Dutch Caribbean. The Spanish-speaking Caribbean has Region 2: The Bible Belt primarily Mulatto, African, or European majorities. The Bible Belt is an informal term for an area of the United States in which The climate of the region is tropical but rainfall varies with elevation, size and socially conservative evangelical Protestantism is a dominant part of the water currents. Warm, moist tradewinds blow consistently from the east culture and Christian church attendance across the denominations is extremely creating rainforest/semidesert divisions on mountainous islands. Occasional high. northwesterlies affect the northern islands in the winter. Winters are warm, but Much of the Bible Belt consists of the Southern United States. During the drier. colonial period (1607–1776), the South was a stronghold of the Anglican church. Its transition into a stronghold of non-Anglican Protestantism occurred gradually over the next century, as a series of religious revival movements, Region 1: Region 3:

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