1º ESO Bilingual History. SANTILLANA class book used.

1. The Continents
Unit 6

2. What do you remember?
Answer the questions on page 60 in your notebook.

3. 1- Where are these physical features found?
Take your blank world map and locate these places (A to F, page 61).

7. Homework
Activities 1 and 2 on page 61.

8. 2- What are Africa’s relief and climate like?
THE LANDSCAPE OF AFRICA
Its area is over 30 million m2.
Activity:
-In your notebook, answer the
questions on page 62 about the
african relief.

9. Rivers and lakes, and relief
Locate in your map the geographical features from your copy.

10. Homework
Activities 1 and 2 on page 63.

11. 3- What are Asia’s relief and climate like?
Locate on the map the geographical features from your copy.

12. Relief
-Asia has the highest mountains, the
highest plateaus and also the deepest
depressions.
-The Himalayas are the highest mountains
range in the world and Mount Everest is
the highest mountain.
-Plateaus and plains are very high in Asia.
-The main depressions in Asia host three
important inland seas: the Caspian Sea,
the Aral Sea and the Dead Sea.
-There are many islands, especially in East
Asia.

13. Rivers and lakes
-Asian rivers are generally long.
-Their flows increase when snow
melts or during monsoons.
-Asia has some important lakes as
well.
-Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in
the world.
-The Caspian Sea is the largest lake.

14. Homework
Activities 1 and 2 on page 64.
Activities 1 and 2 in page 65.

15. 4- What are Oceania’s relief and climate like?
-Oceania is the smallest continent.
-It is located to the south-east of Asia.
ACTIVITY
-Exercise 1 on page 66.

16. The landscape
-Oceania is formed by thousands of islands.
-It could be divided into 4 areas: Australasia,
Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
-There are large islands: Australia (the largest
island on Earth), New Guinea (divided
between Asia and Oceania), and New
Zealand (North and South Island).
-There are thousands of small islands.
The average altitude of Oceania is low: 340
m.

17. Climate
-Most of Oceania is between the
Tropics, so it has warm climates.
-Climates are temperate in the north
and south of the continent.
-Cyclones and typhoons are common
in the tropical region, as in Hawaii.
-The
islands
are
isolated,
consequently
they have many
endemic plants (specific for that
place).

18. Homework
Activities 1, 2 and 3 on page 67 in your notebook.

19. 5- What are America’s relief and climate like?
- Western hemisphere.
- Second largest continent.
- Longest continent: from the
Arctic to the Antarctic circle.
- It is surrounded by three oceans:
Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic.
Work in your notebook: exercise 1
on page 68.

20. Relief
- High average altitude.
- Main features:
.
Mountain ranges -> Rocky
mountains,
the
Andes,
the
Appalachians.
. Plains -> the Great Plains in North
America or the plain around the
Amazonas in South America.
. Plateaus -> Altiplano of Bolivia.

21. Rivers and lakes.
- America has some very long
rivers with large flows.
-
The main ones are the
Mississippi and the Amazonas.
-There
are
many
lakes,
especially in North America.
-The Great Lakes or Lake
Titicaca are between the more
relevants.

22. Climate and vegetation
- America stretches from pole to
pole, so it has all the different
climates and landscapes.
- Cold and temperate climates
predominate in North America.
- Tropical climates predominate in
Central America.
- Hot and temperate climates
predominate in South America.
- Mountainous regions have cold
climates.

23. Homework
Exercice 1 on page 69.