MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014

AGENDA•1. WARM-UP QUESTIONS

•2. CNN STUDENT NEWS

•3. MAP REVIEW OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ASIA

•4. CHINA’S POLLUTION PROBLEM DOCUMENTARY

•5. HOMEWORK: PROGRESS REPORT SIGNED

WARM-UP QUESTIONS

• WHAT IS A PENINSULA?  

• WHAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A PENINSULA IN EASTERN ASIA?  

• THE SEA OF ________________ IS A SMALL SEA BOUND BY RUSSIA TO THE NORTH, THE KOREAN PENINSULA TO THE WEST, AND JAPAN TO THE EAST.

• THE COUNTRY OF _________________ IS LOCATED ALMOST COMPLETELY IN THE GANGES RIVER DELTA.

• A. RUSSIA B. JAPAN C. BANGLADESH D. NORTH KOREA

•WARM-UP QUESTIONS

• THE ____________________ SEASON IS A SEASONAL PREVAILING WIND, LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS, AND BRINGING HEAVY RAINS.  

• THE WORLD’S LARGEST OCEAN IS THE __________________  

• THE WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST OCEAN IS THE ____________________.   

• THE WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST OCEAN IS THE ______________________.   

• THE INDUS RIVER IS LOCATED BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND __________________.

• A. CHINA B. MYANMAR C. VIETNAM D. INDIA

CNN STUDENT NEWS

• HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/STUDENTNEWS/

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• GANGES RIVER BAY OF BENGAL INDIAN OCEAN

• HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER) SEA OF JAPAN SOUTH CHINA SEA

• INDUS RIVER YELLOW SEA GOBI DESERT

• MEKONG RIVER TAKLIMAKAN DESERT

• YANGTZE (CHANG JIANG) RIVER KOREAN PENINSULA

• HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS

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VIDEO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA?

• HOW DOES THIS POLLUTION EFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CITIZENS, AND OTHER COUNTRIES?

• CHINA HAS WENT FROM A LARGE POPULATION OF POVERTY TO A HIGH MIDDLE CLASS SOCIETY. HOW HAS THIS INCREASED THE POLLUTION IN CHINA?

• HOW HAS THE UNITED STATES PROMPTED THE STANDARD OF LIVING IN OTHER COUNTRIES?

• PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS JUST IN CHINA LAST WEEK AND MET WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING TO DISCUSS CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WHY HAS CHINA’S GOVERNMENT BEEN SO RELUCTANT TO FOCUS ON POLLUTION IN THEIR COUNTRY?