today’s schedule – 5/18/10

Today’s Schedule – 5/18/10• Chapter 29 Quiz –• bCNN Student News• 30.1 Vocab Check• 30.1 PPT: Physical Geography of Southeast

Asia Islands• Continue No Reservation• HW: 30.2 Vocab

REMINDERS• Thursday, May 20th

– Unit 10 Current Event

• Friday, May 21st

– Unit 10 Binder– Chapter 30 Quiz

Exam Schedule• Friday, May 28th

– 1st: English– 2nd: Foreign Language

• Tuesday, June 1st

– 1st: Math– 2nd: WORLD GEOGRAPHY

• Wednesday, June 2nd

– 1st: Science– 2nd: PE/Health

The Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago

Stretch from mainland Southeast Asia almost all the way to Australia.

An archipelagois a large group of islands.

What oceans border this region?Indian

OceanPacific

Ocean

Six countries make up this region:BruneiEast TimorIndonesiaMalaysiaThe PhilippinesSingapore

Island Southeast Asia contains more than 20,000 islands.

Some of these islands are the largest in the world.

Only Greenland is bigger than the island of New Guinea.

Borneo is the world’s third largest island.

There are many tall mountains on the large islands.

The region has intense tectonic activity.It lies along several tectonic plate boundaries, and there

are frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Volcanic islands have formed fro the ocean floor.

Java has 13 active volcanoes.

Much of the region has a tropical humid climate.

Rainfall is heavy most of the year – 80 – 100 inches! Typhoons bring heavy rain

to the region.

Only areas with highland climate have cool weather.

Inland Borneo and Irian Jaya have highland climates.

The tropical rainforests of the region have many endemic species.

Endemic species means those native to a certain area.

• Komodo Dragon• Javan rhinoceros• Orangutan

The Wallace LineEnglish naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace observed for 8 years the birds

on the islands of Bali and Lombok, which are only 20 miles apart.

He found that the birds on Bali are similar to those in Java, mainland Malaysia, and

Sumatra.The birds on Lombok were similar to those on New Guinea

and Australia.

He drew a line called now “The Wallace Line”

When Pangaea broke apart – Australia, New Zealand, and other islands became isolated. The plant and animal life that evolved there is unique.

The region has rich fisheries and fertile volcanic soil.

Rubber tree plantations are important in some countries.