8.11 SkillBuilder: Annotating a
6 Ancient India 6.1 Overview
photograph ....................................
8.12 SkillBuilder: Interpreting
diagrams ....................................... 8.13 SkillBuilder: Cardinal points — Wind roses .............................................. 8.14 SkillBuilder: Creating a concept diagram ......................................... 8.15 SkillBuilder: Understanding satellite images ........................................... 8.16 Review ........................................................ 239 9 Water in the world 243 9.1 Overview ..................................................... 244 9.2 What type of resource is water? ................. 246 9.3 How does groundwater connect people andplace? .................................................. 252 9.4 Why is water supply variable? .................... 259 9.5 Investigating topographic maps: The value of water in Noosa .............................. 268 9.6 Does everyone have enough water? ........... 271 9.7 How do we overcome water scarcity? ..................................................... 279 9.8 What are the causes and impacts of hydrometeorological hazards? .................... 291 9.9 What are the causes and impacts of droughts and flooding rain? ........................ 297 9.10 Why does the wind blow? ........................... 309 9.11 What are the causes and impacts of extreme weather? ....................................... 316 9.12 What are the causes and impacts of cyclones? ................................................... 323 9.13 Inquiry: What is the water quality of a local waterway? .......................................... 332 9.14 Review ........................................................ 334 10 Place and liveability 341 10.1 Overview ..................................................... 342 10.2 What is liveability? ...................................... 344 10.3 What makes a place liveable? .................... 348 10.4 Where are the most liveable cities? ............ 356 10.5 What is it like to live in remote places? ....................................................... 360 10.6 Country vs city living ................................... 369 10.7 What makes a liveable and non-liveable city? ............................................................ 377 10.8 What makes communities liveable? ............ 385 10.9 What is connection to Country? .................. 391 10.10 Investigating topographic maps — Liveability in Badu and Moa ........................ 399 10.11 How do places change? ............................. 401 10.12 What is the connection between liveability and sustainable living? ................ 409 10.13 How can liveability be improved? ............... 413 10.14 Inquiry: What are the characteristics of liveable cities? ............................................ 420 10.15 Review ........................................................ 422
6.2 How do we know about ancient India? 6.3 What is the geography of India? 6.4 What are the lost cities of the Indus Valley? 6.5 New people, new ideas 6.6 What was significant about the Mauryan Empire? 6.7 Who was Ashoka the Great? 6.8 What was the social structure of Ancient India? 6.9 Inquiry: What was behind Ashoka the Great’s sudden change in leadership style? 6.10 Review
7 Ancient China
183 7.1 Overview ..................................................... 184 7.2 How do we know about ancient China? ..... 186 7.3 How did China’s civilisation begin? ............. 189 7.4 What were life and death like in ancient China? ........................................................ 193 7.5 How did China’s civilisation affect its environment? .............................................. 198 7.6 What were the influences of Confucianism, religions and laws? .............. 201 7.7 How did the first emperor change China? ... 205 7.8 Why did the Han dynasty rise and fall? ....... 210 7.9 What is the heritage of ancient China? ....... 215 7.10 Inquiry: How should we judge the legacy of Qin Shihuang? ........................................ 219 7.11 Review ........................................................ 221
GEOGRAPHY
8 Geographical concepts and skills 227 8.1 Overview ..................................................... 228 8.2 Geographical concepts and skills ............... 230 8.3 SkillBuilder: Geographical inquiry ............................................ 8.4 SkillBuilder: Concluding and decision-making ...........................
8.5 SkillBuilder: Communicating ........ 8.6 SkillBuilder: Using topographic maps .............................................. 8.7 SkillBuilder: Interpreting topological maps .............................................. 8.8 SkillBuilder: Using alphanumeric grid references ..................................... 8.9 SkillBuilder: Drawing a climate graph ............................................. 8.10 SkillBuilder: Creating and analysing overlay maps .................................
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