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Mapping Lab: Monsoon Asia

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

Use the maps to answer each of the questions

If doing this from home, use the following links:
Political
Physical
Climate
Vegetation
Land Use
Population
Question 3
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Question 4
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Question 5
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If you sailed east from Vietnam along 15° latitude, you would come to what island country?

Question 6
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Question 7
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The ice cap vegetation zone is mostly in which terrain feature? (use correct capitalization and spelling)

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

Question 9
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These three cities are _______ , _______ , and _______ . (Use correct capitalization and spelling)
Question 10
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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 11
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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 12
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__________ is the country in Monsoon Asia with the lowest population density. Its overall population density is __________ per square mile.
Question 13
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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 14
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__________ is the vegetation found in Bangladesh. This is largely because Bangladesh has a __________ climate.
Question 15
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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 16
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Question 17
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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 #3)
South Korea
Myanmar
China
Mongolia
Japan
Philippines
India
Indonesia
North Korea
Japan
Philippines
What are the four types of land use found in this country? (from #5)
Subsistence Farming
Commercial Farming
Nomadic Herding
Livestock Raising
Commercial Fishing
Forestry
Trade and Manufacturing
Use the maps to drag each description to the correct location. Each category should have 5 characteristics. Some characteristics will be used twice.
Climate: Highlands
Vegetation: broadleaf evergreen
Vegetation: desert
Population: over 250 per square mile
Climate: Arid
Climate: tropical wet & wet/dry
Land Use: little to none
Land Use: trade and manufacturing
Physical: in Maoke Mountains on the Island of New Guinea
Physical: between Tian Shan & Kunlun Shan
Physical: on the west coast of India near the Western Ghats
Land Use: subsistence farming
Population: under 2 per square mile
(40°N, 85°E)
(4°S, 138°E)
(19°N, 73°E)