NORTH KOREA

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

• First inhabitants were the ainu.
• The ainu were thought to come from central asia
• Ainu were driven farther north by monogolid invaders
• In 1910 japan formally joined with korea

CLIMATE

• North korea has a continental climate
• Distinct four seasons
• Short summer, that is hot,humid,and rainy
• Long winters that have blizzards
• korea has oceanic climate and continental climate

REGIONS

• There is 10 providences
• All the providences have really long names
• Such as chagang-do and hamgyōng-pukdo
• The country is 120,540 sq. km.

MAJOR LANDFORMS

• Amnokkang and yalu river are the biggest rivers in N. Korea
• Mount Paektusan is the largest mt. in N. Korea
• With the height of 2,774 m. Above sea level
• 70% of the region is hilly and mountainious

AGRICULTURE

• Each cooperative has 300 families on 1,200 acres
• The farms are controlled by the management of the commities
• The committees issue orders to work teams, the set the
• Ammount and type of seeds and fertilizer to be used
• They also establish production quotas

RESOURCES

• N. Korea is known to have about 200 mineral resources of economic value
• Most important resources are iron ore and coal
• Even though greater emohasis has been given to the extraction of gold, magnesite,
• Lead, and zinc

MAJOR INDUSTRIES

• Textiles, food processing, machine building, military products
• Mining, metallurgy, and petrochemicals are major industries
• North korea has abundant hydroelectric resources and is rich with minerals
• It employs 64 percent of the north korean workforce

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

• The popularion in north korea in 2014
• Was about 24 million people
• About 10% of koreans combjned is korean decent
• The supreme leader of N. Korea is Kim Jong-Eun
• North Korea is a communist country

PICTURES

KIM JONG-EUN AND SOLDIERS

A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM DANCE

A PARADE

A HOTEL

A PLANE

HOW SOME GIRLS DRESS

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QUESTION TIME!

WHAT CLIMATE DOES N. KOREA HAVE?

• A. Oceanic
• B. Humid subtropical
• C. Continental
• D. Both A and C

HOW MANY PROVIDENCES?

• A. 10
• B. 15
• C. 30
• D. 5

HOW MANY RESOURCES ARE KNOWN?

• A. 1000
• B. 340
• C. 200
• D. 156

WHAT IS THE LEADERS NAME?

• A. King Kong Jr.
• B. Kin jung-un
• C. Kim Jong-Eun
• D. Queen elizabeth

HOW MANY FAMILIES LIVE ON 1 COOPERATIVE FARM

• A. 50
• B. 600
• C. 156
• D. 300