Jacaranda Geography Alive 9 Victorian Curriculum, 3e learnON and Print (Paperback, 1st)

About This Resource vii

Acknowledgements xiv

Understanding cognitive verbs

1 Geographical concepts and skills 1

1.1 Overview 2

1.2 Geographical concepts and skills 4

1.3 SkillBuilder: Geographical inquiry

1.4 SkillBuilder: Concluding and decision-making

1.5 SkillBuilder: Communicating

1.6 SkillBuilder: Describing spatial relationships in thematic maps

1.7 SkillBuilder: Describing divergence graphs

1.8 SkillBuilder: Describing patterns and correlations on a topographic map

1.9 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing a transect on a topographic map

1.10 SkillBuilder: Constructing multiple line and cumulative line graphs

1.11 SkillBuilder: Constructing a land use map

1.12 SkillBuilder: Constructing ternary graphs

1.13 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing isoline maps

1.14 SkillBuilder: Constructing and describing a flow map

1.15 SkillBuilder: Constructing a table of data for GIS

1.16 SkillBuilder: GIS ? deconstructing a map

1.17 SkillBuilder: Interpreting a geographical cartoon

1.18 Review 15

2 Biomes and food production 19

2.1 Overview 20

2.2 What are the major biomes around the world? 22

2.3 How do we characterise biomes? 27

2.4 What are Australia’s major biomes? 32

2.5 What is the importance of biomes to humans? 36

2.6 What are the major staple foods of the world? 43

2.7 How and why do we modify biomes for agriculture? 49

2.8 What types of agriculture are practised in Australia and Asia? 53

2.9 How are the world’s biomes and food production interconnected? 61

2.10 How has deforestation changed the forest biome? 65

2.11 How has overfishing changed the ocean biome? 69

2.12 Inquiry: What is the impact of overfishing? 74

2.13 What are the causes and effects of land degradation? 75

2.14 Why is global biodiversity diminishing? 82

2.15 Investigating topographic maps ? Coastal wetland biome in Binydjarrna (Dalywoi/ Daliwuy Bay) 87

2.16 Review 90

3 Food security 99

3.1 Overview 100

3.2 What is global food security? 102

3.3 What are the impacts of the alteration of biomes on future food production? 108

3.4 How does access to water influence crop yields? 114

3.5 What challenges does climate change pose for food security? 119

3.6 How do we expand agricultural production and distribution? 125

3.7 How do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use and alter biomes for food production? 132

3.8 Inquiry: How can we resolve famine crises? 136

3.9 Investigating topographic maps ? Lake Victoria as a food source 138

3.10 Review 141

4 Geographies of interconnection: Trade, technology and transportation 145

4.1 Overview 146

4.2 How are people connected to place? 148

4.3 How do we access places? 152

4.4 How does trade connect us? 157

4.5 How is Australia connected globally through export and import trade? 165

4.6 What is Australia’s contribution to the global trade industry? 168

4.7 How can we make international trade fair? 175

4.8 How do Australians use technology to communicate and interconnect? 181

4.9 What is a digital divide? 184

4.10 Why is e-waste presenting such significant challenges? 189

4.11 Inquiry: What is the impact of imported manufactured products on Australian places? 194

4.12 Review 196

5 Geographies of interconnection: People and place 201

5.1 Overview 202

5.2 Why is tourism important? 204

5.3 Which places attract visitors? 211

5.4 How can the positive and negative impacts of tourism be managed? 220

5.5 How is tourism changing? 228

5.6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and tourism 235

5.7 What are the impacts of recreational tourism? 241

5.8 The rise of music tourism 246

5.9 Investigating topographic maps ? Nature-driven tourism at Victoria Falls 250

5.10 Inquiry: How do cruises impact European countries? 252

5.11 Review 255

Glossary 259

Index 263