Unit 1:The world around us A. What is a map?  Different from a plan, as it cannot show many details of a location Map  A drawing of an area on the earth’s surface  Looks like an air photograph  Only shows the location of the fixed objects, such as buildings and roads, not the moving objects, like pedestrians and vehicles Next

Unit 1:The world around us B. What is an atlas?  Begins with a contents section  Contains maps and geographic information about places  A list of places arranged in alphabetical order is found in the index section  Ends with an index section Atlas Next

Unit 1:The world around us C. What are and ? Next continentsoceans

Unit 1:The world around us C. What are and ? ContinentsOceans  Make up 29% of the earth’s surface  Large masses of land on the earth’s surface  Totally, 7 continents in the world (Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australasia and Antarctica) oceanscontinents Next

Unit 1:The world around us  Make up 71% of the earth’s surface ContinentsOceans  Make up 29% of the earth’s surface  Large masses of land on the earth’s surface  Totally, 7 continents in the world (Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australasia and Antarctica)  Large masses of water on the earth’s surface  Totally, 4 oceans in the world (the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean) Next C. What are and ? continentsoceans

Unit 1:The world around us D. Where is China? North: Mongolia and Russia  Located in the eastern part of Asia, large in size  To its east is the Pacific Ocean  Surrounded by many neighbouring countries For examples: East: Japan, South Korea and North Korea Southeast: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines South: Vietnam, Thailand and Burma Southwest: India and Nepal West: Afghanistan Next

Unit 1:The world around us E. Where is Hong Kong?  To its west are Macau and Zhuhai  On the southeast coast of China  At the mouth of the Zhu Jiang  To its north are Shenzhen and Guangzhou Next

Unit 1:The world around us  Capital - the city where the government of a country is located  Features - special things in an area  Map - a drawing of an area on the earth’s surface as seen from above  Atlas - a book containing a lot of maps and information about places  Continent - a large landmass on the earth’s surface  Ocean - a large mass of water on the earth’s surface  SAR - Special Administrative Region Terms to learn: End

Unit 1:The world around us Go Back A map

Unit 1:The world around us Continents Go Back Europe Asia Africa North America South America Australasia Antarctica

Unit 1:The world around us Go Back Oceans Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

Unit 1:The world around us Go Back China

Unit 1:The world around us Go Back Hong Kong