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Mapping Lab: Monsoon Asia

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Last updated about 23 hours ago
17 questions
Location
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Intepreting Maps
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Think Like a Geographer
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Question 1
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Drag and drop each terrain feature to the correct location using the grid coordinates provided.
Other Answer Choices:
Bay of Bengal (15°N, 90°E)
Malay Peninsula (5°N, 102°E)
Taklamakan Desert (40°N, 84°E)
Gobi Desert (42°N, 110°E)
Philippine Sea (20°N, 130°E)
Mekong River (15°N, 106°E)
Himalayas (30°N, 82°E)
Deccan Plateau (18°N, 78°E)
Chang Jiang (32°N, 120°E)
Question 2
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Drag and drop each country to the correct location using the grid coordinates provided.
Other Answer Choices:
India (20°N, 77°E)
Japan (35°N, 135°E)
Sri Lanka (8°N, 81°E)
Singapore (1°N, 104°E)
Philippines (12°N, 125°E)
East Timor (9°S, 126°E)
Laos (18°N, 105°E)
China (35°N, 105°E)
Mongolia (46°N, 105°E)

Use the maps to answer each of the questions

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Political
Physical
Climate
Vegetation
Land Use
Population
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Question 4a
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If you sailed east from Vietnam along 15° latitude, you would come to what island country?

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Question 5
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The ice cap vegetation zone is mostly in which terrain feature? (use correct capitalization and spelling)

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Question 6a
6a.

Which island country in Monsoon Asia contains three cities with a population of more than 8 million people? (use correct capitalization and spelling)

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Question 6b
6b.
These three cities are _______ , _______ , and _______ . (Use correct capitalization and spelling)
Question 7
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Identify the country based on these clues. (Use correct capitalization and spelling)
-entirely south of the Tropic of Cancer
-resources include coal, hydroelectric power, natural gas, and petroleum
-does not have any precious metals
-located on two connected peninsulas

Question 8
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_______ is one of the longest rivers in the world. It flows from the Plateau of Tibet to the East China Sea through the country of _______ . (Use correct capitalization and spelling)
Question 9
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__________ has the lowest population density in Monsoon Asia. Its overall population density is __________ per square mile.
Question 10
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Almost all of the land in _______ is used for nomadic herding. This is because the biggest vegetation zones are desert scrub and _______ which is ideal for grazing livestock.
Question 11
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__________ is the main vegetation found in Bangladesh. This is largely because Bangladesh has a __________ climate.
Question 12
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Compare the population densities in the western and eastern halves of China. How do physical features and climate help to explain why they are so different?

Question 13
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Question 14
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This picture was most likely taken at...

Question 3a
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Question 3b
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Taiwan
Indonesia
Japan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Question 4b
4b.

Use the maps to drag each description to the correct location. Each category should have 5 characteristics. Some characteristics will be used twice.
Physical: on the west coast of India near the Western Ghats
Population: under 2 per square mile
Climate: Highlands
Population: over 250 per square mile
Vegetation: broadleaf evergreen
Land Use: subsistence farming
Vegetation: desert
Climate: tropical wet & wet/dry
Land Use: trade and manufacturing
Climate: Arid
Physical: between Tian Shan & Kunlun Shan
Land Use: little to none
Physical: in Maoke Mountains on the Island of New Guinea
(40°N, 85°E)
(4°S, 138°E)
(19°N, 73°E)
What is the most common type of vegetation in the southern parts of Monsoon Asia?
Ice Cap
Highlands
Desert
Desert Scrub
Temperate Grassland
Tropical Grassland
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Forest
Coniferous Forest
Broadleaf Evergreen Forest
Which FOUR countries in the northern part of the region do not have this vegetation? (from #3a)
Mongolia
India
China
Myanmar
South Korea
Philippines
North Korea
Japan
Indonesia
What are the four types of land use found in this country? (from #4a)
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
Nomadic Herding
Livestock Raising
Commercial Fishing
Forestry
Trade and Manufacturing