G U I D E T O S T U D E N T H A N D O U T

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute Monsoon Asia 1

Challenge 1: Learning About the Physical Geography of Monsoon Asia

Mount EverestGanges

River

Sea of Japan

Plateauof Tibet

Malay Peninsula

Huang He(Yellow River)

Chang Jiang(Yangtze River)

Bhillippine Sea

GobiDesert

DeccaPlateau

Bay ofBengal

Java

Malay Peninsula

DeccanPlateau

Gobi Desert

Taklamakan Desert

Plateau of Tibet

Himalayas

Huang He(Yellow River)

Chang Jiang(Yangtze River)

Philippine Sea

MekongRiver

Sea of Japan(East Sea)

Mount Everest

GangesRiver

Tropic of Capricorn

20°N

30°N

40°N

50°N

60°N

10°N

0° Equator

20°S

10°S

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

20°N

30°N

40°N

50°N

10°N

0° Equator

20°S

30°S

10°S

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130°E 140°E 150°E

150°E

160°E

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60°E

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TCI5 559GA_ML_LG_07-GCH-1.epsSecond proof

INDIANOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

G U I D E T O S T U D E N T H A N D O U T

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Challenge 2: Learning About the Human Geography of Monsoon Asia

Tropic of Capricorn

20°N

30°N

40°N

50°N

60°N

10°N

0° Equator

20°S

10°S

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

20°N

30°N

40°N

50°N

10°N

0° Equator

20°S

30°S

10°S

30°S 80°E70°E 90°E 100°E 110°E 120°E 130°E 140°E

130°E 140°E 150°E

150°E

160°E

120°E110°E100°E90°E80°E70°E60°E

60°E

INDIANOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

BRUNEI

CAMBODIA

MALAYSIA

MALDIVES Sri Lanka

NORTHKOREA

MYANMAR(BURMA)

TaiwanHong Kong(China)

Macau(China)

BHUTAN

Bangladesh

EastTimor

Japan

I n d i a

Laos

M o n g o l i a

Nepal

C h i n a

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

SouthKorea

I n d o n e s i a

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S

EWLambert Azimuthal Equal-Area projection0 1,000 kilometers

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500

500

TCI5 560GA_ML_LG_07-GCH-2.epsSecond proof