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TGIF!! 09-13-2013. Turn in: Ganges assignment, quiz corrections, On your desk: Notes over South and East Asia, Review, Warm-up: Current Events with Carl, EESP style. Agenda. 1. Current events 2. Notes check: South and East Asia
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TGIF!! 09-13-2013 • Turn in: Ganges assignment, quiz corrections, • On your desk: Notes over South and East Asia, Review, • Warm-up: Current Events with Carl, EESP style
Agenda • 1. Current events • 2. Notes check: South and East Asia • 3. Last Unit of Physical Geography! Southeast Asia, Australia, Oceania • 4. Review for Tuesday’s Assessment!! • 5. Race Around the World Game
Borneo– one of the world’s densest rainforests • 3 countries occupy Borneo: Indonesia, Malaysia Brunei
The Dayak people of Borneo maintain traditional or folk cultures
Hypothesize where you think populations cluster in Australia
Ayers Rock- as called by British Uluru– as called by Aborigones
Sydney Southeast Australia Beach
Pacific Islands all have Tropical climates. • Many are volcanic islands, some are atolls. • What’s an atoll? • A ring-like coral island or string of islands surrounding a lagoon. • There are thousands in the pacific.
What industry do you think the economy’s of Pacific Islands would be based on?
Assessment NEXT class over all regions!! • Review… read through class notes and look at maps at the beginning of each chapter. • Write down major landforms and ideas on the review. • 25 multiple choice questions over physical geography • There will be one OER on the test…. Here are the prompts. Prepare for both, only one will be on the test.
Question 1 : Considering the physical environment, including landforms, climate, and natural resources, explain how the USA and Canada have had an advantage in developing their economies. • Question 2 : Citing physical geography, including landforms, climate, and natural resources, explain why many African nations have had trouble developing their economies
Race around the world…. • Start at: 29 N, 98 W • Go to : 19 N, 100 W