Landforms, rivers and resources of East and Southeast Asia

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Time zones: hours ahead of UTC (standard time, no daylight saving)

   Place	Hours ahead of UTC
   Tokyo and Seoul	+9
   Beijing and Manila	+8
   Bangkok, Hanoi and Jakarta	+7

   A bigger number means a later time of day. A place at +9 is 2 hours ahead of a place at +7. Places farther east see the sun rise earlier.

2. 1.

   It is 9 a.m. in Tokyo. Ari wants to call a cousin in Bangkok. What time is it in Bangkok, using card C?

   • 8 a.m.
   • 9 a.m.
   • 7 a.m.
   • 11 a.m.
3. 2.

   It is noon in Manila. What time is it in Seoul, Bo asks? Use card C.

   • 2 p.m.
   • 11 a.m.
   • 1 p.m.
   • Noon
4. 3.

   How many hours ahead of Jakarta is Seoul, Jun asks? Use card C.

   • 16 hours ahead
   • 1 hour ahead
   • 9 hours ahead
   • 2 hours ahead
5. 4.

   A class in Manila ends at 4 p.m. Kira wants to send a message to a pen pal in Hanoi right then. What time is it in Hanoi?

   • 4 p.m.
   • 2 p.m.
   • 5 p.m.
   • 3 p.m.
6. 5.

   Tokyo's time is ahead of Bangkok's. Luz asks which fact on card C best explains why.

   • Tokyo lies farther north, so its days are longer through the year
   • Tokyo is a bigger city, so its clocks are set faster
   • Tokyo is closer to the equator, so the sun rises there first
   • Tokyo lies farther east, so the sun rises there earlier

7. Plates, the Ring of Fire and storms

   Term	What the card says
   Ring of Fire	a belt of plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes happen and volcanoes erupt; Japan and Indonesia lie along it
   Earthquake	the ground shakes when plates move against each other
   Tsunami	a series of huge ocean waves, often started by a strong earthquake under the sea
   Typhoon	a powerful tropical storm that forms over warm water in the western Pacific; heat and moisture drive it, not moving plates

   Plates are the large slabs that make up Earth's outer layer.

8. 6.

   A strong earthquake shakes the sea floor off a coast. Which hazard, from card D, could follow next, Milo asks?

   • A tsunami, a series of huge ocean waves
   • A typhoon, a tropical storm over warm water
   • A ring of fire, a new belt of plate boundaries
   • Nothing, since earthquakes on land are the ones that cause harm
9. 7.

   Satellites show a typhoon growing over the warm western Pacific. What drives it, according to card D, Noah asks?

   • Volcanoes erupting along the Ring of Fire
   • Heat and moisture from warm ocean water
   • Huge waves from an earlier tsunami
   • Plates moving against each other under the sea
10. 8.

    Japan and Indonesia are far apart with very different weather, yet Pia sees volcanoes in both. What do the two share, according to card D?

    • Both are islands, and islands have volcanoes
    • Both have monsoon winds, which push up the volcanoes
    • Both lie along the Ring of Fire, where plates meet
    • Both are hot and tropical, which makes volcanoes erupt
11. 9.

    Ren's note says, "Typhoons are caused by earthquakes under the sea." Which fix fits card D?

    • Typhoons are caused by volcanoes erupting along the Ring of Fire
    • Typhoons and earthquakes both come from plates moving under the sea
    • Earthquakes come from typhoons; plates move because of the storm
    • Typhoons come from warm water; earthquakes come from moving plates
12. 10.

    A tsunami warning sounds after a strong earthquake near a coastal town. Using card D, which action is the sensible one, Tala asks?

    • Go out in a boat, since the typhoon is the real danger
    • Stay on low ground, where the earthquake already passed
    • Move to higher ground, away from the shore
    • Walk to the beach to watch the waves come in