What on Earth is Geography? Using the Five Themes of Geography to Study the Continent of Asia.

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1 What on Earth is Geography? Using the Five Themes of Geography to Study the Continent of Asia. Name Date

2 Essential questions: 1. How can we study the geography of our Earth? a. What are the five themes of geography? b. What is absolute and relative location? How can we use them to find places on a map? c. What are lines of latitude and longitude? How can they help us locate a place more easily on a map? d. What is a map scale? How can we use it to find the distance between two places on a map? e. How can we describe a location by its natural and human features? f. What is a region? Why do geographers group areas into regions? What are the five regions of Asia? What makes these regions unique? g. In what ways to human beings adapt to, change, or depend on their environment. What does this look like in China with the effects of desertification? h. How and why do people, goods, services, and ideas move from place to place? Why was the Silk Road created? What new ideas did China receive that helped formed their national identity? In what ways have changes in transportation and communication affected trade activities in China today? 2

3 Lesson 1: The Five Themes of Geography ** Brain Warm-Up: Turn to your should partner and answer the questions below. After a few minutes, your teacher will type some of your ideas on the PowerPoint. What do you think of when you hear the word geography? Write down anything you know about the continent of Asia. **Write down the five themes of geography on the lines below: 1. L 2. P 3. H 4. M 5. R 3

4 Theme 1: Location: Where a place is located? Why is it there? *There are two types of location: Absolute and Relative *Absolute Location: A specific place on the Earth s surface. Uses a grid system of latitude and longitude lines. Example: The absolute location of Seoul, Korea is 39 N latitude and 128 E longitude. *Relative Location: Where a place is in relation to another place. You use directional words (north, south, east, west) to describe the location. Example: Turn to page 93 of your atlas: *What country is east of South Korea? *What country borders South Korea to the north? *What sea is south of South Korea? *What big country is to the west of South Korea? Theme 2: Place: Describes a location s place by physical and human features. What does the place look like? *Physical features include: climate, landforms, bodies of water and wildlife. *Human features include: language, religion, customs, music, food, landmarks. Example: Turn to your partner. How would you describe Korea by its physical and human features? Fill in the boxes below. Then you will share with the class. Physical Features Human Features 4

5 Theme 3: Human-Environment Interaction: Focuses on the relationship between people and their environment. *PEOPLE -ADAPT to their environment -CHANGE their environment -DEPEND on their environment Example: What are some ways You have had to adapt to the environment in Seoul? Koreans have changed the environment of Seoul? Theme 4: Movement: How and why do people, goods, and ideas move from place to place? *Movement includes: Trade, the import and export of goods, people moving in, out, and within a country, and the movement of ideas through TV, music, and the internet from one country to another. Example: Turn to page 97 in your atlas. What are some products that are exported from Korea? Can you think of anything Korean that has become popular in other countries? 5

6 Theme 5: Region: A group of places that share a common physical or human characteristic or feature. Example: The continent of Asia is divided into 5 regions by physical and human features. -South Korea is in the region of East Asia. Lesson 2: Country of Study and Geography Theme 1: Location **Use page 93 in your atlas to answer these questions about the absolute and relative location of China. 1. Absolute Location: Find the city of Lanzhou. It s almost directly in the center of China. What is latitude and longitude of China? latitude, longitude 2. Relative Location: Use your map to answer these questions about the relative location of China: *China is directly south of what country? *China is west of what two seas? and *China is northwest of what island country? *China is southeast from what big purple country? 6

7 Lesson 3: Theme 1: Location: Using Map Scales *Map Scale = A map tool that is used to measure the distance between two places on a map *Distance = How far apart places are Examples of Map Scales *How to Figure Out the Distance Between Two Places Using a Map Scale: 1. Find the map scale on the map and the places you want to measure: For example, on a map of Korea, the map scale is: 1 inch = 150 miles. You want to measure from Seoul to Busan. 2. Take a ruler and measure the distance between the two places. Make sure your units match the scale. When you measure the distance between Seoul and Busan on the map, you find out the distance is 2 inches 3. Your measurement will tell you how many times you need to add the larger units to find the actual distance. I know 1 inch = 150 miles. I measured 2 inches. So I need to add 150 twice = 300. It s about 300 miles from Seoul to Busan. 7

8 *Now You Try On a map of the United States, 1 inch = 200 miles. You want to measure from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Miami, Florida. When you measure on the map, the distance between the two cities is 5 inches. Using the map scale, what is the actual distance in miles? It s about miles from Philadelphia to Miami. Map Scale Practice **Open to page in your Math SRB. You will be working with a partner to find the actual distances between some capital cities in Asia. YOU WILL BE MEASURING TO THE NEAREST INCH!! Fill in the chart below. Cities Measurement in Inches Actual distance in miles Seoul to Tokyo inches miles Tehran to New Delhi inches miles Ankara to Bangkok inches miles Dhaka to Beijing inches miles New Delhi to Seoul inches miles *Early Finishers: See your teach for a map skills practice sheet. 8

9 Name: Date: Homework before this lesson: Read pages 11, 36-37, and in your Social Studies textbook and answer the questions 1-4 below (10pts). 1. What is a region?. 2. Geographers use regions to show how places are and. 3. Read page 37. Regions can be based on any shared feature. Fill in five in the organizer below. 9

10 Natural Regions Human Regions Features that regions can have in common. Continue to back page. 4. Read pages List three features for each of the two kinds of regions. 5. Describe the three types of communities in the graphic organizer below. 10

11 Three types of Communities Urban Suburban Rural 11