Just Do It

Just Do ItPut signed midterms in the trayPull out a SmartPalLabel as many countries, cities, and physical

features as you can

Pull out your maps and check your answers->keep your maps out we’ll need them later

How do regional landscapes reflect cultural characteristics of their

inhabitants?

Lifestyle

SWBAT, SoL, Theme#1 locate and describe Asian countries,

cities, and features.#2 describe factors that affect the life of

the people Asia.WG.4Individual Development and Identity

Yurt Buildinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_

iSHqUmzfKM

What does a yurt look very similar too?Native American

Who lives in yurts?What type of people?

People with fixed places of living?Or people who move around a lot?

What

What is it?

Where do we see these?

Why do they exist?

Are they in Asia?

Questions1. Locate Japan. What do you think their

economic activity is? What level is it? Who do you think they trade with most frequently?

2. Find Singapore. How many people live in city? Why is that? Based on that, who do you think they trade with?

3. Locate India. What percentage of the population live in cities? What kinds of economic activities do you think they do? So who do they trade with?

4. Locate North Korea. How many people live in cities? Why do you think we don’t have that information?

1. Where are most people living? Why

2. What geographic features pop out?

3. How does this relate to the urban map?

4. If you were a business man (or woman) where would you put your business? Why?

Dense vs Sparse Areas

Going on a field trip

Closer-Write a StoryWrite a story from the perspective of

someone in Asia.You should pick a country and then

describe what your life is like.Be sure to include

ideas/thoughts/discussion topics that we talked about today.Such as urbanization, dense vs rural

populations