Monsoon Asia Mapping Lab

Lab Directions

Name:__________________________________Mapping

Labeling a Map of Monsoon Asia

1. Look at the map on the next page. There you will find an unlabeled political map of Monsoon
Asia.
2. Look at the list below. Each item is a state, providence, territory, city, or physical feature. Find the
location on your blank map and label it using any of the Africa maps in the back of your book.
Label with the NUMBER and the NAME of the item. When you have located it on your map, put a
check next the item in the list.
3. Repeat the above step until you have located EVERY feature.
4. When you are done, check your answers on the master copy on the board at the front of the
room. (You will have a Monsson Asia Mapping Quiz on SOME of the countries and cities that
you were asked to find).
Find all of the following items:
Countries
1. China
2. Japan
3. Mongolia
4. Burma (Myanmar)
5. Bangladesh
6. India
7. Thailand
8. Singapore
9. Indonesia
10. Philippines
11. North Korea
12. South Korea
13. Russia
14. Laos
15. Vietnam
16. Cambodia
17. Malaysia
18. Taiwan
19. Nepal
20. Sri Lanka
Cities:
21. Beijing, China
22. Tokyo, Japan
23. Shanghai, China
24. Hong Kong
25. Seoul, South Korea
26. Manila, Philippines
27. Jakarta, Indonesia
28. Mumbai (Bombay), India
29. Kolkata, India

Bodies of Water:
30. Pacific Ocean
31. Indian Ocean
32. South China Sea
33. Sea of Japan
Physical Features:
34. Gobi Desert
35. Himalayas
36. Mt. Everest
37. Plateau of Tibet

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Physical Features
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Political Boundaries

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Question

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Vegetation Zones
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Population Density
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Economic Activities

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Circle the thematic map you used. Then, Answer the question in a complete
sentence.

1. what is the most common type

of vegetation in the southern
parts of Monsoon Asia? Which
four countries in the northern part
of the region do not have this?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

2. If you sailed east from Vietnam

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

3. Mount Everest is located on

the border of which two
countries?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

4. Which four countries in

Monsoon Asia have some land in
an ice cap vegetation zone?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

5. Which island country in Monsoon

Asia contains three cities with a
population of more than 8 million
people? What are those cities?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

6. One country in Monsoon Asia has

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

8. What is the most typical climate in

the islands that are located along the
equator in Monsoon Asia? Which
country stretches across many of
those islands?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

9. One of the longest rivers in the

world flows from the Plateau of Tibet
to the East China Sea. What is its
name and through what country do it
flow?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

10. Which country in Monsoon Asia has

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

along 15N latitude you would come

to what island country? What are
four types of land use in this country
and just offshore?

all of these climate zones: highlands,

humid subtropical, semiarid, arid,
tropical wet and dry, and tropical wet.
Name this country.

7. Find a country in Monsoon Asia

that lies entirely south of the Tropic
of Cancer. Its resources include coal,
hydroelectric power, natural gas, and
petroleum, but not precious metals.
Names this country.

the lowest population density? What is its

overall population density?

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Challenge 4

Using Geography Skills to Answer Why There?

Physical Features
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Political Boundaries
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Question

Climate Zones
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Vegetation Zones
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Population Density
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Economic Activities
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Circle the thematic map you used. Then, Answer the question in a complete
sentence.

1. What type of vegetation is found in

Bangladesh? How might climate help to
explain why?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

2. In which country do the people use

their land for almost nothing but nomadic
herding? How does the vegetation zone
help to explain why?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

3. On which two Indonesian islands is

forestry one use of the land? How does
the vegetation zone there help to explain
why people work in forestry?

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

4. compare the population densities in

the western and eastern halves of China.
How do physical features and climate
help to explain why they are so different.

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

5. Where in Monsoon Asia does this

person live? Why do you think so?
The coastal areas of my country have
over 250 people per square mile. Like
many people, I am a subsistence farmer.
My cousin works for a manufacturing
plant in a city. My country is diverse. The
elevation ranges from sea level to over
10,000 feet. Parts of my country are dry
all year round. Other parts are tropical
with wet and dry seasons.

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

6. For a travel guide of my country I write:

Physical
Features

Climate Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activities

--Our climate is pleasantnot too dry nor

too wet like some parts of Monsoon Asia
--our capital city of over 8 million people
offers shopping, museums, and
entertainment
--we have different types of forests to
enjoy
I also include a map of the islands that
make up my country. Which country am I
writing about? Why do you think so?

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Challenge 5

Using Maps to Analyze a Field Photograph

1. For each location, use latitude and longitude to look through all the thematic maps, and write a
brief description of the characteristics of each location in the table. See page numbers below:
Physical Features
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Political Boundaries

EXAMPLE: The
Rocky Mountains
have very high
elevations.

NOT A MAP YOU

NEED TO
REFERENCE

Thematic
Map
Physical
Features

Climate
Zones

Vegetation
Zones

Population
Density

Economic
Activity

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Climate Zones
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Vegetation Zones
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Population Density
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Economic Activities

EXAMPLE:
Southern Florida
has a warm
tropical wet and
dry climate.

EXAMPLE:
Northern Alaska
has tundra. These
are treeless
plains.

EXAMPLE: The
northeast has a
high population
density, including
over 8 million
people in NYC.

EXAMPLE: Along
the coast, there is
commercial
fishing.

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Location A

Location B

Location C

(40 North, 85 East)

(4 South, 138 East)

(19 North, 73 East)