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Geography · Grade 6

Regions of the Eastern Hemisphere

What makes a region, and who decides where it ends? Learners meet formal, functional and perceptual regions, then tour the regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, comparing them with physical and human evidence such as landforms, climate, population and age. They finish by tracing the routes that connect these regions, from the Silk Roads and monsoon winds to the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Eastern Hemisphere regions check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Explain formal, functional and perceptual regions and why region boundaries are chosen and sometimes disputed.
  • Locate the major regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania and identify countries and key physical features within them.
  • Compare regions using physical and human characteristics and data.
  • Describe routes and flows that connect Eastern Hemisphere regions and explain why they matter.

Lessons

  1. What makes a region? 6 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  2. Europe and Africa 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  3. The regions of Asia 7 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  4. Oceania and the routes that connect regions 6 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  5. Eastern Hemisphere regions check 10 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Pin the PlanetDrag the pin onto wonders, cities and exact latitude and longitude points.
  • Route PlannerFind the shortest way around town, dodge closed roads, and measure trips with a scale bar.

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