ASIA

1. ASIA Location (Physical Features & Countries) FSMS Standard SS7G9.a Days 1-3

2. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS • SS7G9 – The student will locate selected features in Southern and Eastern Asia. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Ganges River, Huang He (Yellow River), Indus River, Mekong River, Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Himalayan Mountains, and Korean Peninsula

3. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: Be sure to save your notes, E. Q.’s and maps on SWA for CRCT Reviews in the spring. Today we start our study of Southern and Eastern Asia. Standard: Locate selected features in Southern & Eastern Asia including rivers, mountains, Seas, Deserts, Oceans, Bays and the Korean Peninsula. E.Q.Monday, 11/5/12: What is the Relative Location of Southern & Eastern Asia? Warm Up: Name four things you learned about governments, economies, or factors that influence economic growth in Southwest Asia. TODAY WE WILL • Introduce the map of Southern & Eastern Asia

4. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: No After-school tutoring today. Progress Reports go home Thursday for 7th period. Late work must be turned in by Monday, November12th. Standard: Locate selected features in Southern & Eastern Asia including rivers, mountains, Seas, Deserts, Oceans, Bays and the Korean Peninsula. E.Q. Wednesday, 11/7/12: What are the names of the five rivers we will study in Southern & Eastern Asia? Warm Up: What percentage of the world’s population is found in India & China combined? TODAY WE WILL • Continue review on map of Southern & Eastern Asia

5. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: All late work must be turned in tomorrow, Friday in order to be included on your upcoming Progress Report. Standard: Locate selected features in Southern & Eastern Asia including rivers, mountains, Seas, Deserts, Oceans, Bays and the Korean Peninsula. E.Q.Thursday: 11/8/12: What are five major geographic landforms found in Southern & Eastern Asia? Warm Up: TODAY WE WILL: • Continue map review of Southern & Eastern Asia

6. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: First Quiz on Southern and Eastern Asia will be Thursday, December 1st. Quiz will cover Physical Geography, Vocabulary, and countries of S&EA. Standard: Physical Geography; Locate selected features in Southern & Eastern Asia including rivers, mountains, Seas, Deserts, Oceans, Bays and the Korean Peninsula. E.Q. Friday, 11/9/12: What are the two deserts in Southern and Eastern Asia? In what country are they located? Warm Up: TODAY WE WILL: • Continue map review of Southern & Eastern Asia

7. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Southern & Eastern Asia Landforms • Himalayan Mountains (Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan, Bhutan, and southern China) • Subcontinent (India) A large landmass that is part of a continent, but is geographically separate from it. • Tibetan Plateau (southern China) The highest plateau on earth. Nicknamed, “the roof of the world”. • Korean Peninsula (North and South Korea) • Archipelagos (Indonesian Islands) A group of islands. Indonesia has the 4th largest population in the world and is made up of over 17,000 islands.

8. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: Quick Quiz this week on S&EA Geography and Political Features. Before-school tutoring is Tuesday starting at 7:30. Standard: Locate on a world and regional political-physical map Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam. E.Q.Monday, 11/12/12: India considers the Ganges River to be sacred. What is their main religion? Warm Up: Name the seven countries in Southern and Eastern Asia that will be our focus for this unit. TODAY WE WILL: • Geography & Political highlights of S&EA

9. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: After-school tutoring tomorrow 4-5p. Twenty-five days to due date for Choice Board Projects. We will have a Quick Quiz one day this week. Standard: Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the leading countries of Southern & Eastern Asia. E.Q. Tuesday, 11/13/12: Which river in S&EA is known as “China’s Sorrow”? Why? Warm Up: Using relative location describe where one can locate the Tibetan Plateau. TODAY WE WILL: • Label the seven leading countries on the map of Southern & Eastern Asia

10. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: After-school tutoring today from 4-5p. Quick Quiz is Thursday or Friday. Choice Board Project is due in 23 days. Standard: Locate on a world and regional political-physical map Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam. E.Q.Wednesday, 11/14/12: Which is the longest river in China? Warm Up: What percent of the world’s population lives in India & China combined? TODAY WE WILL: • Finish Geography & Political maps of S&EA.

11. FIRST FIVE Agenda Message: Quick Quiz Friday. Quiz will be fill-in the blanks & maps. Choice Board Project is due in 22 days. Standard: Impact of location, climate, & natural resources on population distribution in S&EA. E.Q. Thursday: 11/15/12: Where do most people live in China? Warm Up: Two thirds of China is basically uninhabited. What geographic features make it that way? Today We Will: • The impact of climate & location on population distribution in S&EA (India, China, Japan, & Korean Peninsula).

12. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Relative Location Southern and Eastern Asia is located between Pakistan on the west to Japan and the Philippine Islands on the east. To the north is Russia and the southern border is the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Indonesia, Malaysia and the South China Sea.

13. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Absolute Location Between 50o North Latitude & 10o South Latitude Between 60o East Longitude & 155o East Longitude

14. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The southern and eastern parts of Asia are home to almost half of the world’s population. The geography of this large area is varied, containing some of the world’s longest rivers, highest mountain ranges and extensive deserts.

15. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Indus River begins in the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet and flows almost 200 miles through the country of Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea. The Indus River valley is one of the richest farming areas in this region.

16. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Ganges River is India’s most important river. It begins in the Himalayan Mountains and flows southeast through India and Bangladesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal. The water of the Ganges carries tons of rich sediment (topsoil, silt and minerals from the mountains) which is gradually spread along its path.

17. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS This sediment enriches the farmland along it’s shores and creating a large, fertile delta at the mouth of the river. Because so many people live and work along the Ganges, the water in the river is very heavily polluted.

18. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The country of Bangladesh is located almost completely in the Ganges River delta. Heavy flooding in this part of the world during the monsoon season (a seasonal prevailing wind, lasting several months, bringing heavy rains) often causes great hardships for those living in this country. Further out to sea is the third largest ocean in the world, the Indian Ocean.

19. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Himalayan Mountains form the southern border of China. This high ground spreads to the north to form the Tibetan Plateau. The area is sometimes called “the roof of the world” because of its high altitudes. This wide area of mountains and high plateau blocks any moisture coming from the rivers and seas to the south.

20. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Himalayan Mountains form India’s northeastern border with China and Nepal. These high mountains form a barrier between India and countries to it’s north and east. The Himalayan Mountains stretch for almost 200 miles. The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, is part of the Himalayan Mountains and is on the border between Nepal & China.

21. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS As the mountains begin to level off in the north, the land becomes desert. Here one finds the Taklimakan Desert and the Gobi Desert. The Taklimakan Desert is over 600 miles in length, one of the longest deserts in the world.

22. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS To the west and in the central part of China is the Gobi Desert, which can be one of the hottest and also one of the coldest places in the world. The yellow dust blowing out of the Gobi Desert is picked up by the Huang He (Yellow River) and carried along as loess (another name for silt), giving both the river and sea a yellowish color.

23. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Loess, or silt, is deposited along the river’s path, creating fertile soil for the farmers in the area. Most of China’s fertile farming areas lay north and east of this great desert region.

24. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Yellow River, begins in the mountainous Tibetan Plateau. It flows toward the east and empties into the Yellow Sea.

25. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS This river is also used for transporting people and goods, though sometimes annual floods make conditions along the river’s path dangerous. The frequent flooding has led some to call the Yellow River “China’s Sorrow.” The Yangtze River also begins in the Tibetan Plateau. This river travels east until it reaches the East China Sea.

26. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Shanghai, one of China’s most important ports, is located at the mouth of this river. The Yangtze River is China’s longest river stretching for over 3,400 miles. It goes through fertile farming land and is one of China’s main transportation routes.

27. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Yangtze River and Huang He River are connected by the Grand Canal, one of the world’s oldest and longest canal systems. The oldest part of the canal was built 2,000 years ago. The Mekong River begins in the Tibetan Plateau. This river runs south from China through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and finally Vietnam, where it empties into the South China Sea.

28. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The Mekong River delta has some of the richest farming land in the world. The Korean Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula. It is attached to China and is bordered by the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Over half of the peninsula is made up of mountains. Even though so much of the country is mountainous, there is still plenty of rich farmland.

29. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Since the end of World War II Korea has been divided into two different countries, North Korea and South Korea. The Sea of Japan is a small sea bound by Russia to the north, the Korean Peninsula to the west and Japan to the east.

30. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS CHINA High mountain ranges to the south cut China off from India and the moisture that might come from the Indian Ocean. (i.e. monsoons) The Tibetan Plateau, Taklimakan, & Gobi desert regions to the north and center of the country are harsh and dry. Mongolia further to the north is semi-arid.

31. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS China’s Population Distribution Only the areas to the east and south are humid and even tropical. Therefore, most of China’s 1.4 billion people live in these areas of the country (east & southeast) that have the milder climates. This area is also where one finds the great river valleys and most of China’s fertile farmland.

32. ASIAGEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS The world’s population is approximately 7.2 billion people. China & India combined have a population of 2.6 billion people.