Coloured pencils. Humanities Alive. 1. Use an Atlas to locate a map that shows
Australia and some of the countries surrounding it. Looking at the map, list four of
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Introduction to the Asia Pacific Region Expected Learning: • To be able to identify countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific region. • To be able to locate a map in an Atlas and use it to gain information. • To understand that there are many ways that information can be communicated spatially and interpret information from a picture graph. Resources required: * Atlas * Copy of Humanities Alive * Coloured pencils 1.
Use an Atlas to locate a map that shows Australia and some of the countries surrounding it. Looking at the map, list four of Australia’s nearest neighbors. _____________________________________________________________________
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What page did you find the map on? __________________
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Australia is part of the Asia-Pacific region. Look at the map on page 180 of Humanities Alive and list 3 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that you did not mention in question 1, and their capital cities (you may need the Atlas for the capital cities). _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
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What is the world’s highest mountain? In which mountain range is it found? _____________________________________________________________________
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Using the picture graph on page 181 of Humanities Alive answer the following questions:
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What is the approximate height of Mt. Everest? ______________________________
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What is the highest mountain in Africa? ____________________________________
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How many times higher is Mt. Everest that Mt. Kosciuszko? ____________________
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Which major river is 6380km long? ________________________________________
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What is the world’s longest river? Estimate its length. _________________________
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What is Australia’s longest river? Estimate its length. _________________________
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On the following page is a map of the Asia Pacific region. Add the following things to the map and tick them off as you go. Add BOLTSS to the map Label Japan on this map Label the capital cities of Australia and Japan with a symbol and include this symbol in your legend. Label the states of Australia and shade each state in a different colour Label the Southern Ocean, the Pacific ocean and Indian Ocean
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Use Humanities Alive 1 Interactive activities to illustrate: Alphanumeric grids (LO 0031); Scale (LO 0029); Latitude and Longitude (LO 0034); and, Time zones (LO 0035) These can be located at the following network location: Computer >Topics >Humanities>Year 7 Read Humanities>learning-objects
Using grid references (Read p. 160-1) 1. What is an alphanumeric grid reference?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why are the grid lines on the map of North America curved and how must grid references be read?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Turn to the map of Melbourne on page 153. (a) Name the buildings located at the following grid references: Q6, ____________________________ O5, ____________________________ K7, ____________________________ Q3, ____________________________ (b) Give grid references for the following features: i. Flagstaff Gardens _____________ iii. Telstra Dome _____________
ii. Melbourne Exhibition Centre _____________ iv. Queen Victoria Markets_____________
Latitude and longitude (Read p. 162-3) 1. What are the names of the important lines of latitude?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the name given to 00 longitude? ___________________________________________ 3. Which two lines of latitude show the edge of the area where at least on one night in the summer the sun never sets, and at least one day in the winter the sun never rises?
___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What are the names of the two tropics and what do you think these lines of latitude define?
___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Observe the map of the 2004 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. (a) What type of yacht was located at 39.20S 150.0E after two days of racing?
_________________________ (b) What latitude and longitude were given to rescue crews when Skandia was forced to retire as race leader?
______________________________ (c) Give the location of the race leader shown on the map. ______________________________
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Longitude and world time zones (Read p.164-5) 1. Observe the map of world time zones. (a) If it is 2 am Sunday GMT, what is the time and day in the following locations? Sydney _______, Perth _______, Jakarta _______and Washington DC _______. (b) You have a friend living in Los Angeles, United States. You want to telephone her just before she leaves for school at 8 am Tuesday. What time should you telephone? _______ (c) If the Chinese Government linked its local times to standard time zones, how many time zones would China have? _______ (d) How many time zones are there in the United States? (Don’t forget places that are not on the mainland!) _____ 2. Find the International Date Line on the time zones map. Fill in the missing words from the list below. The International Date Line is a _____________of longitude. Unlike other lines of longitude, it is not necessary to have either E or _______after it because the line is both 180ºE and 180ºW of the __________. The International Date Line does not pass through any __________. In fact, the line is deliberately ‘moved’ so it passes only through __________. If you travel across the International Date Line, you must change not only the time but also the day and date. To the east of the line is one day behind areas to the west of the line. So if it is Thursday in New Zealand, it will be __________in Argentina.
Landforms The Earth’s layers:
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Watch the YouTube clip, and fill in the information about each layer. Layer
Made of:
Depth:
Temperature:
Another interesting fact:
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Australian landforms (Read p. 184-5) 1. List five features in Australia’s natural environment.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What land-height world record does Australia hold?
___________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the name of Australia’s highest and longest mountain range?
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4. Where does the Murray River begin and end?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. Where does the Murray River’s water come from?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Name three coastal and three desert landforms.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Asia–Pacific landforms (Read p. 180-1) 1. List three countries in the Asia–Pacific region and their capital cities.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are the continental plates?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. How do continental plates move?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. On which continental plate is Australia found? In which direction is this plate moving?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. The locations of the world’s highest mountain range and deepest point have something in common. What is it?
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Population Density Worksheet 1. Record the classroom dimensions and population below. Then, calculate the area and amount of classroom space per person. Length = _______________ meters Width = ________________ meters Area (length x width) = _______________ square meters Population = _________________ people in the classroom How much space does each person have? __________________ square meters Hint: space = area (length x width) divided by (# of people) 2. Prediction: How much space would each person have if the number of people in the class doubled? 3. Calculate the population density. Population density = _______________________ Hint: population density = (# of people) divided by area (length x width) 4. Perform and record the population density calculations for the prairie dog population below.
5. Why would an engineer want to know about how populations change over time?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Population in the Asia–Pacific region (Read p. 194-5) 1. Into what three groups are the Pacific islands divided?
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Which country in the Asia–Pacific region has the world’s lowest population density?
___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which cities make up the Tokyo conurbation?
___________________________________________________________________________ 4. What are the two largest countries by area in the Asia–Pacific region?
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5. What are the two largest countries by population in the Asia–Pacific region?
___________________________________________________________________________ 6. Two of the largest cities in the world are capital cities of neighbouring countries. What are these cities?
___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Along which coast is China’s population density the greatest?
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Glossary
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