Step One –
Write the word Asia in the middle of the concept map (diagram below). List as many things that you can think of (things that you hear about, read about or listen too etc) when you think of the term ‘Asia’.
Is this a traditional view (how you image life in the past) or modern view (how we imagine life now)?
Step Two –
List as many countries and cities that you can think of that are in Asia.
Step Three –
What influences us on what we think and how we feel about Asia – its region, culture, environment etc?
Step Four –
View the graphs and information regarding Australia (including Whyalla) and its relationship with Asia.
Asia and its relationship with Whyalla and Australia
LOOK AT GRAPHS BELOW.
Higher incomes in emerging Asia have also generated increasing demand for Australia’s non-resource exports. This has been particularly evident for rural and services exports, although the share of manufactured exports going to emerging Asia has also increased (Graph 7).
China now produces almost half of the world’s steel (largely for use in construction and manufacturing) and it has also experienced strong growth in energy consumption, raising demand for Australia’s reserves of thermal coal and gas. While China is the largest producer of coal in the world and one of the largest producers of iron ore, the scale of its growing demand for these commodities has inevitably made it increasingly reliant on global markets, resulting in a rising share of Australian resource exports going to China (Graph 4). At the same time, there has been continued growth in resource exports to other economies in Asia. With commodity suppliers initially unable to keep pace with the surge in Chinese demand, global commodity prices rose significantly through the 2000s (Plumb, Kent and Bishop 2013).
Step Five –
Watch the Introducing Asia PowerPoint (taking notes).
QUOTE FOR THIS UNIT: You don’t know what you don’t know. Clear your mind and have an open mind.
Write the word Asia in the middle of the concept map (diagram below). List as many things that you can think of (things that you hear about, read about or listen too etc) when you think of the term ‘Asia’.
Is this a traditional view (how you image life in the past) or modern view (how we imagine life now)?
Step Two –
List as many countries and cities that you can think of that are in Asia.
Step Three –
What influences us on what we think and how we feel about Asia – its region, culture, environment etc?
Step Four –
View the graphs and information regarding Australia (including Whyalla) and its relationship with Asia.
Asia and its relationship with Whyalla and Australia
LOOK AT GRAPHS BELOW.
Higher incomes in emerging Asia have also generated increasing demand for Australia’s non-resource exports. This has been particularly evident for rural and services exports, although the share of manufactured exports going to emerging Asia has also increased (Graph 7).
China now produces almost half of the world’s steel (largely for use in construction and manufacturing) and it has also experienced strong growth in energy consumption, raising demand for Australia’s reserves of thermal coal and gas. While China is the largest producer of coal in the world and one of the largest producers of iron ore, the scale of its growing demand for these commodities has inevitably made it increasingly reliant on global markets, resulting in a rising share of Australian resource exports going to China (Graph 4). At the same time, there has been continued growth in resource exports to other economies in Asia. With commodity suppliers initially unable to keep pace with the surge in Chinese demand, global commodity prices rose significantly through the 2000s (Plumb, Kent and Bishop 2013).
Step Five –
Watch the Introducing Asia PowerPoint (taking notes).
QUOTE FOR THIS UNIT: You don’t know what you don’t know. Clear your mind and have an open mind.
introducing_asia_power_point_presentation.pptx | |
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what_is_asia.doc | |
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