Social Studies

Lesson 6: Asia-part 1:
Location , Importance ,New words : 2 to 15

GRADE 5
Map of the World
 Location of Asia

Arctic Ocean
North

Europe West
Africa Asia East Pacific Ocean

South
Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean

Australia
 What is special
about Asia ?

Largest Lies in the Has

2nd

3rd
1st

continent in Northern important

population Hemisphere civilizations
and area of except for such as :
land (size) some islands Mesopotamia
in the in Iraq ( first
Southern civilization in
Hemisphere History )
 New Words
• Merge : form ,blend , combine , or unite
• Example :
• Asia and Europe were merged in one
supercontinent called Eurasia .
 Fertilizers : chemicals
used to make the soil
rich and fertile

New Immense : huge

Words
Peak : Summit or very
top in the mountain
 New Words

• Monsoon : seasonal wind in south and southeast of Asia

What is meant by seasonal winds?

• The winds that change their direction in different seasons. These are
hence called as Seasonal Winds.

• A monsoon is a type of seasonal wind in low-latitude climates (near the

equator) that seasonally changes direction between winter and summer.
Monsoon
• Seasonal
 Monsoon Seasonal
wind Dry Monsoon

• Types of Monsoon :
• Comes from northeast in
Winter
Wet Monsoon • Between October –April

• Dry
• Comes from southwest in
Summer
•
• Between May -September

• Bringing rain
New Words

Steppe climate : Semiarid hot /dry Summers

Mild /warm Winters with various rainfall .

-Steppe :is a dry, grassy plain. 

Areas of
Steppe
climate
 New Words

-Savanna :flat grassland

in tropical land
 The Geography
of Asia
Asia is divided into cultural and geographic regions

1- West Asia 2- Caucasus 3- Central

Region Asia

4- East Asia 5- South Asia

1-West Asia

-Part of the Middle East

Examples :
Arab countries in Asia ,
Iran ,Afghanistan ,Turkmenist
an
2- Caucasus region

- Between Black Sea and

Caspian Sea
- Part of the Middle East
-includes :
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
, and south western Russia.
3- Central Asia

The countries in 
Central Asia are:
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan,
Tajikistan, and parts of
China and Mongolia.
4- East Asia

EAST ASIA COUNTRIES:

China.
Hong Kong.
Japan.
Macao
Mongolia.
North Korea.
South Korea.
Taiwan.
5- South Asia

 includes:
Afghanistan, India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, 
Sri Lanka,
Nepal, Bhutan and
Maldives as the
constituent countries.
 Physical features
Physical features are landforms or
shapes on the surface of the earth .

Forests

Deserts Valleys
Physical
features
of Asia
Mountains Lakes

Rivers
 Important points

1. Asia is divided into cultural and geographical

regions.
2. Many deserts stretch through Asia.
3. The Arabian desert is the largest desert in Asia.
4. Asia has varieties of climate zones because of
landforms.
5. Central Asia has a steppe climate.
6. Southern Asia has a variety of monsoon rains.
7. Mining and drilling, wood production and
Electronics are some of Asia’s major income
resources.