【PEP】Junior High Geography - Grade 7, Volume 2

📚 Content Summary

This textbook is for the seventh-grade geography curriculum in junior high school, systematically introducing the natural geographical features, human environments, and economic development of major regions and countries in Asia, the Eastern Hemisphere, and the Western Hemisphere. It aims to cultivate students' global perspective and geographic literacy.

Crossing meridians and parallels, explore the vast world, master global geographic wisdom.

Author: Research and Development Center for Geography Curriculum and Textbooks, Institute of Curriculum and Textbook Studies

Acknowledgments: Map Editing: Fu Tao; Illustrations: Li Hao, Wang Guodong, et al.; Map Production: Li Shuwei, et al.

🎯 Learning Objectives

1. Use maps to describe Asia’s hemispheric position, geographic coordinates, and location relative to oceans and continents.
2. Use data and facts to demonstrate that Asia is the largest continent in the world.
3. Summarize the topography and river characteristics of Asia, and understand how terrain influences river flow direction.
4. Apply plate tectonics theory to explain Japan’s geological disasters, and summarize the climate patterns of North America and the distribution of landforms and climate in Russia.
5. Analyze the causes of Japan’s industrial distribution, the impact of Southeast Asian rivers on urban settlement, and the role of Russia’s natural resources in supporting heavy industry.
6. Understand Japan’s culture blending Eastern and Western elements, Chinese cultural influence in Southeast Asia, and India’s status as the second most populous country in the world.
7. Use maps to identify oil distribution and export routes in the Middle East, and analyze the impacts of water scarcity and multiculturalism on the region.
8. Summarize the characteristics of dense industry and concentration of developed countries in Western Europe, and explain how natural conditions affect modernized livestock farming.
9. Identify cultural traits of sub-Saharan Africa, analyze the drawbacks of its single-commodity economy, and address the severe human-environment relationship issues.
10. Use maps and charts to describe the ethnic composition and cultural characteristics of the United States and Brazil.