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    Unit 1  Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    What countries are there


    on the continent of Asia?

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World 1


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    What countries are there on the continent of Asia?

    1 Colour and label each of the continents on the world map below. Add in the
    North Point, a legend and a title for the map.

    Legend

    Asia is the largest continent in the world, covering approximately thirty percent
    of the earth’s surface. Asia has the greatest population of all the continents.
    Over four billion people across more than forty countries live here. Asia has
    a variety of geographical features including mountains, plateaus, plains and
    deserts as well as freshwater and saltwater environments.

    2 Write down the names of any Asian countries you have heard of or have visited.

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 2


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    3 Use the detective cards below to race your way around Asia.
    Working in pairs, read the clues on each card to work out which Asian country it
    relates to. Find this country on the map of Asia on the following page. Label and
    colour this country.

    An island.
    Forty five billion
    pairs of chopsticks Black sand desert Sits on the
    made each year. 80 degrees east
    longitude line.

    An archipelago.
    Flag features
    Four main islands. Tallest building
    a crescent
    More than 6,000 in the world.
    and a star.
    small islands.

    Has the
    Hills made
    No chewing gum. most rivers
    of chocolate.
    in the world.

    Longest
    Bengal tiger capital city name
    in the world.

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 3


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    4 Look at the list of Asian countries below. Use an atlas to help you find one country
    from each region and then colour and label it on the map.

    ASIA

    Countries of Asia
    North-east South-east South Central West
    China Brunei Afghanistan Kazakhstan Armenia
    Japan Cambodia Bangladesh Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan
    Mongolia Timor-Leste Bhutan Tajikistan Bahrain
    North Korea Indonesia India Turkmenistan Cyprus
    South Korea Laos Iran Uzbekistan Georgia
    Taiwan Malaysia Maldives Iraq
    Russia Myanmar Nepal Israel Palestine Turkey
    Philippines Pakistan Jordan Qatar United
    Singapore Sri Lanka Kuwait Saudia Arab
    Thailand Lebanon Arabia Emerites
    Vietnam Oman Syria Yemen

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 4


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    5 Find some interesting facts about four countries in Asia and make detective cards
    for them. Share your card clues with a partner and see how quickly they can find
    the matching countries.

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 5


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    6
    a Open Google Earth and find the Early Connectors section. (To do this, Select the
    Voyager icon then select Education, then scroll down to Explorers: Early Connectors).
    Choose either Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta or Zheng He. Follow and investigate their
    exploration of parts of Asia.
    b Make your own fact file about their journey. Include geographical features and places
    they came across along the way.

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 6


    Unit 1 Diversity Across Asia Lesson 1 The Asian Continent

    c Draw your own sketch map of the route they took around Asia.

    7 Russia is sometimes considered


    to be part of Asia and sometimes
    part of Europe. Other times it’s
    described as being in Eurasia.
    Do your own research and
    decide which continent Russia
    belongs to. Use facts to support
    your argument.

    Year 5 / 6 Geography  A Diverse and Connected World © Inquisitive Pty Ltd. 7

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