Geography Study Sheet – Lesson 2 – Asia and Oceania – GLOSSARY/ ANSWERS ON PAGE 3

1. Place the countries into the correct region of Asia

CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST

SUBCONTINENT AND SOUTH EAST

EAST

MYANMAR MONGOLIA AFGHANISTAN OMAN MALAYSIA SINGAPORE

TAIWAN CHINA PAKISTAN INDONESIA TURKMENISTAN

2. In East Asia, which country only uses a phonetic alphabet?

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3. Japan is an archipelago made up of over 3,500 islands.

TRUE/FALSE

4. Japan is the country with the highest number of volcanoes in the world.

TRUE/FALSE

5. Choose the correct statement.

a) Because Japan is located at the meeting point of five plates it is a volatile seismic area.

b) Mt Fuji, now a dormant volcano, last exploded in 1707 and is not expected to erupt again.

c) On a typical day there are a couple of earthquakes and thousands of tremors in Japan.

6. The Richter Scale is the most accurate method we have to measure the force of an earthquake.

TRUE/FALSE

7. The Symbol to represent the equation for Moment Magnitude is:

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8. Moment Magnitude is calculated on the basis of:

a) the movements recorded during an earthquake, using the value of the sharpest jolt

b) the total energy released by an earthquake divided by the duration

c) the length of the fault and the distance the ground moves along the fault

9. Find seven of Oceania’s fourteen countries in the word worm below.

POLYNESIAFIGIVANUATUVALUNAURUKIRIBATIMICRONESIAMARSHOLISLANDSAMOAUSTRALIATONGER

10. Complete the table with the missing information listed below

Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia

Mostly small island nations North, closer to the equator Eastern, some closer to the Americas Mostly small island nations Closest to Australia Large and small nations

11. The nations in Oceania form part of the Commonwealth, use English and French as the official languages and have mostly well developed economies.

TRUE/FALSE

12. European colonization in Oceania began in the 1670s with the arrival of Captain James Cook

TRUE/FALSE

13. The Great Barrier Reef:

a) is the largest living structure on the planet, stretches for 3200 kilometres and mostly coral reefs

b) is the largest living structure on the planet, stretches for 2300 kilometres and part of a marine park

c) is World Heritage listed, extends over 12 degrees of latitude and is composed of atolls and reefs

14. Coral is a plant that is often mistakenly called an animal.

TRUE/FALSE

15. Coral have tentacle like arms that capture food as it passes.

TRUE/FALSE

GEOGRAPHY: LESSON 2 GLOSSARY

abroad all'estero nearby vicino

achieve raggiungere populous, densely populated popoloso

birthplace (of) culla reliance dipendenza

borders confini runs/stretches (from) percorrere (distanza)

depth profondità scale scala

fault faglia shallow poco profondo

foreign estero, straniero sharp acuto

higher piu' alto in grado slope pendenza

jolt scatto subsistence economy economià di sussistenza

length lunghezza take root mettere radici

misleading fuorviante weak debole

ANSWERS

1.

CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST

SUBCONTINENT AND SOUTH EAST

EAST MYANMAR MALAYSIA

AFGHANISTAN SINGAPORE MONGOLIA OMAN PAKISTAN TAIWAN TURKMENISTAN INDONESIA CHINA

2. MONGOLIA

3. FALSE 3,000+

4. FALSE

5. c)

6. FALSE

7. Mw

8. c)

9. VANUATU,TUVALU,NAURU,KIRBATI,MICRONESIA,SAMOA,AUSTRALIA

10.

Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Large and small island nations

Mostly small island nations Mostly small island nations

Closest to Australia

North, closer to the Equator East, closer to the Americas

11. FALSE

12. FALSE

13. B

14. FALSE

15. TRUE