Location (Physical Features & Countries)
FSMS
Standard SS7G9.a
Days 1-3
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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
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
1.
Introduce the map of Southern & Eastern Asia
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
1.
Continue review on map of Southern & Eastern Asia
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:
1. Continue map review of Southern & Eastern Asia
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:
1.
Continue map review of Southern & Eastern Asia
Southern & Eastern Asia Landforms
1. Himalayan Mountains (Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan,
Bhutan, and southern China)
2. Subcontinent (India) A large landmass that is
part of a continent, but is geographically
separate from it.
3. Tibetan Plateau (southern China) The highest
plateau on earth. Nicknamed, “the roof of the
world”.
4. Korean Peninsula (North and South Korea)
5. 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.
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:
1. Geography & Political highlights of S&EA
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:
1.
Label the seven leading countries on the map of Southern
& Eastern Asia
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 politicalphysical 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:
1.
Finish Geography & Political maps of S&EA.
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:
1.
The impact of climate & location on population distribution in
S&EA (India, China, Japan, & Korean Peninsula).
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.
Absolute Location
Between 50o North Latitude & 10o South
Latitude
Between 60o East Longitude & 155o East
Longitude
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Yellow River, begins in the mountainous
Tibetan Plateau. It flows toward the east and
empties into the Yellow Sea.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The world’s population is approximately 7.2 billion
people.
China & India combined have a population of 2.6
billion people.