Regions Overview

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Regions Overview

• Semester Course

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Sub-Saharan Africa

• Located beneath the Sahara Desert
• Region with largest number of countries
• Mostly tribal
• Economically and politically unstable
• Major problems include nationalism, HIV/AIDS,
  deforestation, poverty, lack of education

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South Asia

• India major country
• Worlds second largest population
• Religious issues between Muslims and Hindus
• Major issues include Kashmir region, Afghanistan,
  HIV/AIDS, over population, caste system

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Asia or the Far East

• China, Japan, Taiwan and the Koreas
• China has largest population in the world
• Kim Jong Ill in North Korea
• Taiwan and China and border disputes
• Mongolia is least densley populated country in
  the world

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Europe

• Two major sub-regions of East and West
• Major historical issues like WWI and WWII
• Major issues include population decline, EU,
  disparity between East and West
• 3rd largest population cluster in the world

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Eurasia

• Dominate country is Russia but also the stans
• Former Soviet Union area
• Current issues are related to USSR and that
  impact
• Economically struggling but fairly high level of
  devlopment

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Islam

• Countries in Middle East, North Africa and
  Western South Asia that are dominately Muslim
• No real separation between church and state
  recognized
• Major issues include terrorism, Israel, Iraq,
  Oil, lack of natural resources and water

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Latin America

• Consists of Central and Southern America and the
  Caribbean
• Area previously controlled by Spain and Portugal
• Current issues include political instability,
  growing anti-US governments, poverty, lack of
  education, deforestation

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Australia and Oceania

• Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands
• Major issues include poverty, indigenous people
  and environmental distruction

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North America

• U.S, Mexico and Canada
• US is dominate country
• Canadas issues include separatism and US
• Mexicos issues are poverty, disparity with US,
  NATO
• US deals with immigration, terrorism, world power