1. East Asia in Transition

2. Lesson 1 East Asia: An Overview
Activity 3
What are some of the key geographical features of East Asia?

3. SS7G9a: The student will locate selected features in East Asia.
Objective
SS7G9a: The student will locate selected features in East Asia.
Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Huang He (Yellow River), Mekong River, Chang Jiang (Yangtze River), Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert, Plateau of Tibet, Himalayan Mountains, and Korean Peninsula.
The student will locate on a regional map key geographic features in East Asia

4. The region known as Asia received its name from Europeans
East Asia
The region known as Asia received its name from Europeans
Countries that were not too distant from the east of Europe were called the Middle East
Countries that were a long distance from the east of Europe were referred to as the Far East
Today what Europeans once called the Far East is known as “East Asia”

5. Geography Vocabulary List # 1: List # 2: List # 3:
Words that you can define and use in a meaningful sentence
List # 2:
Words that you have heard before, but are not in your vocabulary
List # 3:
Words that are new to you

6. Geography Vocabulary archipelago mountain range bay ocean
delta peninsula
desert plateau
gorge river
gulf sea
island strait
isthmus tributary
mountain volcano

7. Geography Vocabulary Worksheet 1
TERM
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE AND LOCATION
archipelago
bay
delta
desert
gorge
gulf
island
isthmus
mountain

8. Geography Vocabulary Worksheet 1 (continued)
TERM
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE AND LOCATION
mountain range
ocean
peninsula
plateau
river
sea
strait
tributary
volcano

9. East Asia Physical Map Student Instructions
Locate and label accurately and neatly the following geographic features on the blank physical map.
Huang He (Yellow River) Mekong River
Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Andaman Sea
Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan
East China Sea South China Sea
Yellow Sea Gobi Desert
Taklmakan Desert Plateau of Tibet
Himalayan Mountains Korea Peninsula
Trace all the rivers in blue colored pencil from the source to its mouth 
Shade plateaus orange
Shade deserts yellow 
Shade the mountains brown

10. Physical Map of East Asia Handout 1