Category: Geography
Political map of Eurasia
The state borders of the countries of Eurasia have been constantly changing throughout the history of mankind. In Europe, the ancient civilizations of Greece, the Roman Empire, on the territory of Asia – Babylon. Assyria, India and China. Numerous military campaigns, wars of conquest, the annexation of new lands led to the disappearance of some…
Russia in the world
1. How has Russia’s ability to trade with other countries changed during the reign of Peter I? Before the era of Peter I, Russia’s sphere of international activity was limited to Turkey and the Polish-Lithuanian state. When in the beginning of the XVIII century. the Russian fleet first appeared on the Baltic, and then on…
Geographical position of Australia. The history of the discovery. Relief and minerals
1. Tell us about the main stages of the discovery of Australia. Here you need to talk about the research of the Dutch traveler Abel Tasman and the English navigator James Cook. At different times they discovered different parts of the coast of Australia. It was proved that Australia is a separate continent entirely in…
Population of Australia
The settlement of Australia began about 40 thousand years ago by people from Southeast Asia. The indigenous population of Australia belongs to the Australoid branch of the equatorial race, the characteristic features of which are dark brown skin color, wavy hair, flat nose. The Aboriginal Australians lived in the eastern part of the continent until…
Geographical location and nature of the Volga region
1. How historically has the profitable transport and geographical position of the region changed? Does the value of this or that mode of transport change over time? The area at all times was characterized by exceptionally favorable economic and geographical location. The Volga region, like the Volga-Vyatka region, borders on four other economic regions, that…
Climatic zones of the Earth
The amount of solar radiation decreases from the equator to the poles, and the air masses are formed depending on the geographical latitude. Therefore, each latitude is characterized by its signs of climate. In this way, according to latitude, climatic belts are singled out – huge territories within which the main climate indicators hardly change.…
Relief of the Earth
1. What is a relief? What are the reasons for its diversity? To answer the second question, it is necessary to imagine how the relief is formed, what forces contribute to the occurrence of unevenness on the Earth’s surface, how the internal and external influences during the formation of the relief differ from place to…
Interesting facts about “Australia”
In the east parallel to the coast of Australia stretches the Great Barrier Reef – a real wonder of the world. Small depths and warm water contributed to the development of a huge number of coral polyps. Among them live motley tropical fish, sea stars, oysters, crocodiles, pearl mussels, anemones. Large sea turtles lay eggs…
The East European Plain
1. Identify the distinctive features of the geographical location of the European part of Russia. Give it an assessment. Show on the map the main geographical objects of the East European Plain – natural and economic; Largest cities. The main features of the geographical position of European Russia – the location on the Russian Plain,…
Climatic zones of North America
Because of the considerable length from north to south, North America is located in all climatic zones of the northern hemisphere, except equatorial. In the arctic climatic zone throughout the year, the cold and dry Arctic air prevails. Here the harsh winters and cold summers. In winter, a polar night reigns. The annual amount of…