Today’s Schedule – 5/08/13
1. Chapter 29 Quiz
2. CNN Student News
– 30.1 Vocab Check
3. 30.1 PPT: Physical Geography of Southeast
Asia Islands
• HW:
– 30.2 Vocab
– Unit 10 Map – DUE FRIDAY
– Unit 10 Current Event Paper – DUE FRIDAY
– Unit 10 Test – TAKING MONDAY
The Malay Peninsula and the
Malay Archipelago
Stretch from
mainland
Southeast Asia
almost all the
way to Australia.
An archipelago
is a large group of islands.
What oceans border this region?
Indian
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Six countries make up this region:
Brunei
East Timor
Indonesia
Malaysia
The Philippines
Singapore
Island Southeast Asia contains more than 20,000
islands.
Some of these islands are the
largest in the world.
Only Greenland is bigger than the island of
New Guinea.
Borneo is the world’s third largest
island.
There are many tall mountains on
the large islands.
The region has intense tectonic activity.
It lies along several tectonic plate boundaries, and there
are frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Volcanic islands have
formed fro the ocean floor.
Java has 13 active volcanoes.
Much of the region has a tropical
humid climate.
Rainfall is heavy most of the year –
80 – 100 inches! Typhoons bring heavy rain
to the region.
Only areas with highland climate
have cool weather.
Inland Borneo and Irian Jaya have highland
climates.
The tropical rainforests of the region have
many endemic species.
Endemic species means those native to a
certain area.
• Komodo Dragon
• Javan rhinoceros
• Orangutan
The Wallace Line
English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace observed for 8
years the birds on the islands of Bali and Lombok, which
are only 20 miles apart.
He found that the birds on Bali are similar to
those in Java, mainland Malaysia, and
Sumatra.
The birds on Lombok were similar to those on New Guinea
and Australia.
He drew a line called now “The Wallace
Line”
When Pangaea broke apart – Australia, New Zealand, and
other islands became isolated. The plant and animal life
that evolved there is unique.
The region has rich fisheries and fertile
volcanic soil.
Rubber tree plantations are important in some countries.