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Workbook 1 havo/vwo Geography for bilingual education

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Workbook 1 havo/vwo

Authors drs. W.B. ten Brinke drs. Chr. de Jong drs. J.H.A. Padmos

Editors drs. W.B. ten Brinke drs. Chr. de Jong drs. B.J. Maatman drs. J.H.A. Padmos

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Overview of the English-language Geo Course for 1-3 havo/vwo

The Geo Guide

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The Geo coursebook 1 havo/vwo The Geo workbook 1 havo/vwo Teacher’s manual 1 havo/vwo

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The Geo coursebook 2 havo/vwo The Geo workbook 2 havo/vwo Teacher’s manual 2 havo/vwo

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All teacher’s manuals, including tests and answers, can be found at www.degeo-online.nl (restricted section for teachers).

The Geo workbook 1 havo/vwo is part of the ‘De Geo’ geography course, which has been compiled by prof. dr. R. Tamsma, H. Dragt and W.A. Hofland (since 1968) and dr. J. Hofker and J. Bos (since 1970).

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Table of contents

1

Australia, close-up and far away §1 Overland through Australia §2 Australia on maps §3 Suze’s life in Perth §4 On top of the world with Google Earth §5 How far is it to …? §6 Working with an atlas Options Project Finish

5 6 10 14 17 19 23 27 30 30

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Natural landscapes on Earth §1 Living in the Amazon §2 The Inuit in Canada §3 The Alps around Grindelwald §4 The desert around Las Vegas §5 Drought in Kenya §6 Climate and natural zones Options Project Finish

33 34 38 41 44 47 51 55 58 59

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The Islamic world §1 The Islamic world, a cultural region §2 Rich and poor in the Islamic world §3 Focus on Turkey §4 Water §5 Dubai, a rich Gulf State §6 Indonesia, Muslim country in South-East Asia Options Project Finish

61 62 65 69 74 77 80 83 86 87

Kopje

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Chapter 1 • Australia, close-up and far away

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Start Australia, close-up and far away

Key question and sub-questions

What do you see in the photo of Suze?

c

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Key question How do you use maps to study Australia?

Sub-questions 1 2 3 4 5 6

Why is Australia part of the geography course?

What helps you to read maps of Australia?

What kind of maps do you use in your own surroundings?

Why do you zoom in and out on maps?

What kind of distances do you know?

How do you use your atlas?

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F 3S a

How would you feel about moving to another country? ............................................................................. .............................................................................

b

What would you miss the most? .............................................................................

F 1S

Quiz about Australia

Cross out the wrong answers.

1 Australia is as big as / 10 x as big as / 185 x as big as the Netherlands.

2 Australia has a population of 1 / 20/ 200 / 1,000 million.

3 When it’s summer in the Netherlands, it’s summer / autumn / winter / spring in Australia.

4 In Australia the sun shines as much as / 2-3 x as much as / less than in the Netherlands.

5 Australia is 1,400 / 14,000 / 140,000 kilometres from the Netherlands.

6 It takes 24 / 48 / 72 hours to fly to Australia.

7 The most famous animal in Australia is the panda / ostrich / kangaroo.

8 Two big cities in Australia are Toronto and Montreal / Johannesburg and Cape Town / Sydney and Melbourne.

F 2S a

b

Read page 7 in your coursebook What does Suze like about Australia? Name three things.

1

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2

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3

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What does Suze like about the Netherlands?

1

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2

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3

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c

What would you miss the least? ............................................................................. .............................................................................

d

What country would you like to move to? .............................................................................

e

Why that country? ............................................................................. .............................................................................

f

Is that country far away from the Netherlands or near the Netherlands? .............................................................................

F 4S

Work in pairs and look at chapter 1 in your coursebook

Which three photos look really Australian? Write down the numbers in W1. Why do you choose these photos?

W1

Three ‘really’ Australian photos in chapter 1

Photo

Why?

Figure . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure . . . . . . . . . .

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Figure . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter 1 • Australia, close-up and far away

§1 F 1S a

Overland through Australia Read A sparsely populated country in your coursebook

W2

Surface area of Australia and the Netherlands

W3

Surface area of Australia and Europe

What is population density? ............................................................................. ............................................................................. .............................................................................

b

This is how you work out population density: number of people ———————— = population density surface area In the Netherlands 16,000,000 people live on a surface area of 41,500 km2.

The population density in the Netherlands is: ....................

In Australia 20,000,000 people live on a surface area of almost 8,000,000 km2.

The population density in Australia is: ....................

c

What do you see when you compare the population density in Australia with the population density in the Netherlands? ............................................................................. ............................................................................. ............................................................................. .............................................................................

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Colour the shape that shows the Netherlands in W2.

What does W2 tell you about the surface area of Australia compared with the surface area of the Netherlands? ............................................................................. ............................................................................. .............................................................................

c d

Colour Australia in W3.

What does W3 tell you about the surface area of Australia compared with the surface area of Europe? ............................................................................. ............................................................................. .............................................................................

e

Australia isn’t the biggest country in the world. Five countries are bigger. The biggest is in both Europe and Asia. What is its name? .............................................................................

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§1 • Overland through Australia

W4

Natural landscape or man-made landscape?

Which is it?

Figure 2

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How do you know? landscape

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Figure 3

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landscape

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Figure 4

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landscape

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F 3S a

Read Two types of landscape in your coursebook and look at figure 1

c

Find two man-made elements in the photo.

b

1

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2

1

Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2

Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Find a natural element in the photo. .............................................................................

c

Is this a natural landscape or a man-made landscape? .............................................................................

d

How do you know?

F 5S a b

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b

W5

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Look at figures 1 - 4 in your coursebook Fill in ‘natural’ or ‘man-made’ in the first column of W4.

How do you know that? Write your answer in the second column of W4.

Man-made elements

Colour the man-made elements in W5.

What is the most important difference between the two drawings in W5? .............................................................................

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Which landscapes are the most man-made and which landscapes are the least man-made? Arrange the photos in the right order, with number 1 as the most man-made landscape.

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c

Find two things that are the same.

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2

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Chapter 1 • Australia, close-up and far away

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W6B P opulation growth in Australia and the Netherlands (x 1 million inhabitants)

Has the Netherlands got more or less man-made landscape than Australia? .............................................................................

b

Why? ............................................................................. .............................................................................

c

Here are two statements.

I There are no natural landscapes in countries with a high population density.

II Population density can change the landscape in a country.

Cross the right answer: e I = right, II = wrong. e I = wrong, II = right. e I and II are both wrong. e I and II are both right.

Give an example of a natural landscape in the Netherlands.

d

Australië

Nederland

1950

8.5

10.0

1960

10.5

11.4

1970

12.5

13.0

1980

14.5

14.1

1990

17.0

14.9

2000

19.0

15.9

2005

20.0

16.3

e

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F 7S a

b c d

Use the information in W6B to finish the line for the Netherlands in W6A. Now draw the line for Australia in W6A. Draw the lines in different colours. Colour the legend too.

Compare the two lines. What do you see?

F 8S a

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W6A Population growth in Australia and the Netherlands × 1 million inhabitants 20

15

10

5

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The Netherlands Australia

0 1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2005

Why does population growth change the landscape?

Name two man-made elements that will change because of population growth.

1

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2

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Look at figures 1 - 4 in your coursebook and read the captions Read the captions and fill in the puzzle in W7.

1 An enormous cattle farm.

2 The very first inhabitants of Australia.

3 Livestock farms in the outback are very …

4 You have to take this with you if you go to the outback by car.

5 One of the six states of Australia.

6 Statistical chart.

7 Suze’s last name.

8 If you need medical care in the outback the … will come.

9 The continent where most Australians come from.

10 Well-known animal in Australia.

11 Big city on the west coast of Australia.

12 Australians are also called …

13 Inland Australia.

14 Enormous sheep farm.

15 Island south of Australia.

16 The climate in the outback is very …

17 Corral reef near Australia.

18 Second biggest city in Australia.

19 Ocean near Australia.

20 The vegetation in the outback is mostly bushes and ...

What can you read in the column with the black outline? .............................................................................

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§1 • Overland through Australia

W7

Crossword puzzle about Australia

 Australia: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . times bigger than the Netherlands.

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Number of inhabitants: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million.

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Population density: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inhabitants per km2.

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Two types of landscape

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 The Netherlands is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . populated.

7

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Landscapes are mostly

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Examples of man-made elements:

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13 14 16 17 19

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 Australia is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . populated.

The man-made landscapes are mostly in the . . . . . . . . . .

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Inland there are mostly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18

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20

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b c

Examples of natural elements:

Plus

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Draw a natural landscape with at least three natural elements: a mountain, a river (or sea) and a forest.

Now draw the same natural landscape after people have built houses and roads.

What things are different in the two drawings? ............................................................................. .............................................................................

d

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 Geography: role of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in a region.

F 11S g

Test your knowledge of § 1 on Geo-online.

What things are the same in the two drawings?

Things you should know and things you should be able to do

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Revision

F 10S W8

Complete the summary in W8 Summary of §1

A sparsely populated country  Geography is about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A piece of the earth’s surface: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

There are large and small regions.

Coursebook • • •

What geography is about The difference between man-made landscapes and natural landscapes The difference in surface area and population density between the Netherlands and Australia

Workbook • • •

Recognize natural elements and man-made elements on photos and drawings Draw a line chart (W6A and W6B) W8 summary of §1

Keywords Region, area, population density, manmade landscape, man-made elements, natural landscape, natural elements