Friday 90806

1
Friday 9/08/06

• Check your 2 column notes with mine
• Complete the last 2 sections of note taking
• Exit Pass
• Map quiz Monday on rivers and deserts only

2
Climate and Resources

• No
• Northern China
• Long, cold winters
• 1 growing season
• Philippines,Singapore
• Almost always hot /rainy
• Grow 3 crops a year
• Southern Asia
• India can be hot and dry/or soaked with cooling
  rains
• 3 seasons
• winter rainy season, fiercely hot, dry
  season,
• summer rainy season

• Are all tropical climates the same?

3

• What are Monsoons?

• Sudden heavy rains brought on by seasonal winds
  life-giving rains/or damage it could bring
• Summer monsoons dump heavy rains from the
  southwest to Southeast Asia, causes flooding
  (41)
• No rain and crops failhunger and famine
• Winter monsoons
• bring cooler weather from the north

4

• Central Asia higher elevation colder, drier
  climate
• Western China, mountains block most rain
• Steppes and desert of Mongolia raise herds of
  grazing cattle, horses, sheep
• Modern vet services
• Felt tents
• Brick houses in winter
• People work in cities and towns
• Shops, factories, and service industries

• What is it like to live in high elevations and
  desert climates?

5

• What countries have temperate climates?

• North of the Tropic of Cancer
• Japan, North Korea,South Korea and China
• 4 seasons like the US

6

• Navigable rivers and canals-1000s of miles of
  transportation
• Ship inland goods to a seaport city
• Major world ports
• Hong Kong, Bombay, Yokohama
• Commercial Fishing
• Work on boats /docks
• Irrigation, farming, raise fish(aquaculture)
  
• and other marine animals in lakes, rivers, seas

• How are the water resources used?

7

• Arable land is scarce
• 11 China,15 Japan
• Carve terraces/big flat steps into hillsides to
  raise crops
• Southeast Asia richest farmland on continent
• Flooded rice fields (paddies), thrives in wet
  climates
• North China Plain raise
• wheat,millet,maize,
• sweet potatoes, cotton
• SE Asia lacks generous share of minerals
• Southeast Asialarge petroleum reserves
• India,China iron, coal

• What are Asias agricultural and mineral
  resources and how are they distributed?

8
EQ Why are land and water precious in Asia?

• Exit slip for today
• Write a paragraph answering the essential
  question.
• Hint If you lived in Asia why would these
  things be precious to you?