1. Do Now: Is Asia in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere? & List 3 countries in Asia

2. Asia

3. Geography of Asia Vocabulary Archipelago* – a chain of islands. Examples: Japan, Indonesia, Philippines Plateau* – an area of elevated flat land Island* – a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides

5. Create your own Physical Map of Asia based on pgs. 46 & 47 in your Atlas Identify & label the major geographic features of Asia Mountains = Ural, Himalaya Rivers = Yellow, Yangtze, Ganges, Indus, Tigris, Euphrates Desert = Gobi Bodies of Water = Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal Islands/Archipelagos = Japan, Indonesia, Philippines – – use pg 49

6. List 3 major geographic features of China that act as natural barriers