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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