Materials

• Maps, atlases, and textbooks that contain information on Southeast and East Asia
• Handout listing Southeast and East Asia countries to be identified
• Unlabeled outline political and physical maps of the Eastern Hemisphere or the world

Instructional Activities

1. Display the following questions on the board or overhead, and instruct students to respond to them in writing:
   • What is the longitude and latitude running through the center of Southeast and East Asia?
   • What nations make up Southeast and East Asia?
   • What countries in Southeast and/or East Asia have you visited, if any?
   • What products does the United States import from Southeast and East Asia?
   • What type of food would you find at a restaurant featuring cuisine from Southeast and East Asia?
   
   Divide the class into groups of three or four students each, and instruct the students in each group to share their responses and develop a group response to each question. Allow students to use their textbooks and other available resources. Allow time for groups to share their responses.
   
   
2. Distribute unlabeled outline political maps, handouts, and atlases to students, and instruct them to label on the map the following countries:
   • Southeast Asia
      - Philippines
      - Indonesia
      - Malaysia
      - Thailand
      - Cambodia
      - Burma (Myanmar)
      - Laos
      - Vietnam
      - Singapore
      - Brunei
   • East Asia
      - Mongolia
      - China (People’s Republic of China)
      - Japan
      - Taiwan (Republic of China)
      - North Korea
      - South Korea
   
   
3. Distribute outline physical maps, and instruct students to lightly shade and label the following physical features:
   • Mountains
      - Himalayas
      - Mount Fuji
   • Bodies of water
      - Bay of Bengal        
      - Pacific Ocean
      - Yangtze River (Chang Jiang)
   • Other physical characteristics
      - Plateau of Tibet
      - Gobi Desert
      - Loess Plateau
   
   
4. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.