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“For the Lord gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge
and understanding.”
~Proverbs 2:6
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Great Wall of Philippines

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of Japan

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Tower of Babel

Eiffel Tower

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

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Petra, Jordan

Athens

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

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Ha Long Bay, Malaysia

Ha Long Bay, Cambodia

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

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The Holy City of Varanasi, India

Taj Mahal, India

Harmandir Sahib: The Golden Temple of

Amritsar
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Osaka Castle, Japan

Himeji Castle, Japan

Sakura Castle, Japan

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Banaue Rice Terraces, India

Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines

Banaue Rice Terraces, Thailand

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Concept of
a. explain the geographical concept of Asia;
b. describe the regional division of Asia; and
c. value the importance of respect and love for the country.
Word Cluster Activity
Geography is for life in every sense of that
expression: lifelong, life-sustaining, and life
enhancing.”
~executive summary for the National Geography Standards
What is geography?
• Deals with the study of the location, extent, distribution, frequency, and interaction
of all significant elements of the human and physical environment on the earth’s
surface.
• Deals with the study of the description of the earth into continents, regions,
countries, landforms, water forms, and the relation of these geographic features to
the people’s way of life in the area.
During the time of the Greeks and the
Romans…
• Asia was merely known as the “east” – the seat of ancient
civilizations.

Middle Near
East Far East
East East

Sumerians, China, Japan, and

other islands in the Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
Assyrians,
Pacific and South Iran, and Syria. and Turkey
Babylonians,
Akkadians, Hittites China Sea.
and Persians.
Asia
• Largest continent on
Earth
• Lies in the Northern
Hemisphere
• 49,694,700 sq mi = 4x
more than the size of
Europe
 Asia
• Cape Baba (Turkey) - westernmost
point
• Cape Dezhnev (Northeastern
Siberia) - easternmost point
• The boundary between Europe and
Asia is drawn at the Ural
Mountains.
• Vast part of coastal Asia is made up
of great peninsulas.
 Geographical
Regions of Asia
 Region
• An area on the earth’s surface
marked by distinguished similar
features and unifying characteristics.
• Physical or cultural characteristics
 Asia

East South Southeast West North/

Central Asia
Asia Asia Asia Asia
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Assessment
MS WORD
Times New Roman; 12; 1.5; Normal
3-5 sentences.

1. Why do geographers create and use regions as organizing concept?

2. What factors do you think made the geographers divide the
continent as such?
assignment
• Be familiar with the capital city of the
countries in Asia.
• Have an advance reading about the
landforms and water forms in Asia.
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