December 1, 2017
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1) Trimester 1 Exam- December 6
2) Next Current Events due December 11
ASIA - Study Guide
• Surrounding bodies of water
• Surrounding continents
• Larger Countries/Capitals
• Major religions
• Major crops
• Major resources
• Settlement Patterns/Population
REGIONS
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• Siberia
• Southeast Asia
• Southwest Asia (Middle East)
• South Asia
LANDFORMS
• Ganges
• Gobi
• Himalaya
• Honshu
• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indian Ocean
• Indus
• Kamchatka
• Korean Peninsula
• Mt. Everest
• Pacific Ocean
• Pamirs
• South China Sea
• Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
• Yellow Sea
COUNTRIES and CAPITAL CITIES
• China – Beijing
• India – New Delhi
• Japan – Tokyo
• Indonesia – Jakarta
• Vietnam – Hanoi
• South Korea -- Seoul
TERMS
• archipelago
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• cyclone
• emperor
• Gandhi
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
• monsoon
• populous
• Ring of Fire
• Shinto
• Siddhartha Gautama
• subcontinent
• tsunami
GENERAL MAP SKILLS
• Basic knowledge about reading and interpreting maps
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION. Where is Asia? Identify Asia's location using absolute location (Eastern and mostly Northern Hemispheres) and relative location.
REGION. Identify the six regions that make up Asia.
PLACE. Describe the physical geography and the cultural geography of Asia.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: What are the ways in which the people use their environment to survive? What are some important economic activities? What are some negative consequences to the way people interact with their environment in Asia?
MIGRATION: Which groups of people have migrated across the continent and settled in different regions?
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1) Trimester 1 Exam- December 6
2) Next Current Events due December 11
ASIA - Study Guide
• Surrounding bodies of water
• Surrounding continents
• Larger Countries/Capitals
• Major religions
• Major crops
• Major resources
• Settlement Patterns/Population
REGIONS
• Central Asia
• East Asia
• Siberia
• Southeast Asia
• Southwest Asia (Middle East)
• South Asia
LANDFORMS
• Ganges
• Gobi
• Himalaya
• Honshu
• Huang He (Yellow)
• Indian Ocean
• Indus
• Kamchatka
• Korean Peninsula
• Mt. Everest
• Pacific Ocean
• Pamirs
• South China Sea
• Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
• Yellow Sea
COUNTRIES and CAPITAL CITIES
• China – Beijing
• India – New Delhi
• Japan – Tokyo
• Indonesia – Jakarta
• Vietnam – Hanoi
• South Korea -- Seoul
TERMS
• archipelago
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• cyclone
• emperor
• Gandhi
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
• monsoon
• populous
• Ring of Fire
• Shinto
• Siddhartha Gautama
• subcontinent
• tsunami
GENERAL MAP SKILLS
• Basic knowledge about reading and interpreting maps
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION. Where is Asia? Identify Asia's location using absolute location (Eastern and mostly Northern Hemispheres) and relative location.
REGION. Identify the six regions that make up Asia.
PLACE. Describe the physical geography and the cultural geography of Asia.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: What are the ways in which the people use their environment to survive? What are some important economic activities? What are some negative consequences to the way people interact with their environment in Asia?
MIGRATION: Which groups of people have migrated across the continent and settled in different regions?
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