Jacaranda Atlas for the Australian Curriculum 9e

Topic 1: Exploring Places Our World World World by night 2 World by day 4 World regions 6 World population distribution 8 Interpreting maps 10 Australia Australia Human features 12 Natural features 14 Hazards 16 Weather and climate 18 Indigenous Australia 20 Queensland 22 Brisbane 24 New South Wales 26 Sydney 28 Australian Capital Territory 30 Canberra 32 Victoria 34 Melbourne 36 Tasmania 38 Hobart 40 South Australia 42 Adelaide 44 Western Australia 46 Perth 48 Northern Territory 50 Darwin 52 Australia’s Neighbours Antarctica Human features 54 Natural features 56 Pacific Food security 58 Fiji Tropical cyclone hazards 60 New Guinea The Kokoda Trail 62 New Zealand Changing landforms 64 Asia Asia Human features 66 Natural features 68 South-East Asia Smoke hazards 70 Indochina South China Sea disputes 72 East Asia Dangerous air pollution 74 Japan and Korea Trading interconnections, Korea 76 South Asia Female population, India 78 Central Asia Environmental change, Aral Sea 80 West Asia Population movements, Syria 82 Europe Europe Human features 84 Natural features 86 North-west Europe Copenhagen: bicycle city 88 Southern and Central Europe Transport interconnections 90 Russia and Eurasia Biomes 92 Africa Africa Human features 94 Natural features 96 Northern Africa Combating desertification 98 Southern Africa Wellbeing 100 North America North America Human features 102 Natural features 104 Northern North America Tourism 106 United States of America Settlement patterns 108 Central America Interconnections 110 South America South America Human features 112 Natural features 114 Northern South America Illegal interconnections 116 Southern South America Landscapes and landforms 118 Topic 2: Investigating Themes Water in the World World water resources 122 Egypt: the Nile 124 Water use: Australia 126 Albury–Wodonga 128 Water hazards ONLINE ONLY Place and Liveability World 130 Urban liveability 132 Rural liveability 134 Europe 136 Landscapes and Landforms World 138 Tectonic plates 140 Uluru 142 Iceland 144 Changing Nations World urbanisation 146 Australia and USA settlement patterns 148 International migration, Australia ONLINE ONLY Internal migration, Australia 150 Australia’s urban future ONLINE ONLY Internal migration, China 152 Biomes World climate 154 World 156 World agriculture and food security 158 Rice production ONLINE ONLY Agriculture, Australia ONLINE ONLY Land degradation and food production, Australia 160 Interconnections Migration 162 Air connections 164 China’s new Silk Road 166 Tourism 168 Environmental Change and Management Consequences of climate change 170 E-waste ONLINE ONLY The Poles 172 Land degradation in Australia 174 Indigenous Protected Areas, Australia 176 Wellbeing World 178 India 180 Brazil 182 Australia 184 Australian aid ONLINE ONLY Topic 3: Developing Skills and Concepts Developing Skills What is a map? 188 Types of maps in this atlas 190 Locating places 192 Understanding direction 194 Understanding scale 196 Interpreting aerial photographs and satellite images 198 Interpreting height on maps 200 Recognising landforms 202 Using topographic maps 204 Map projections and time zones 206 Describing patterns 208 Developing Concepts Geographical concepts 210 Space ONLINE ONLY Place ONLINE ONLY Interconnection ONLINE ONLY Change ONLINE ONLY Environment ONLINE ONLY Scale ONLINE ONLY Sustainability ONLINE ONLY World Statistics How to use the Statistics interactivity 212 World statistics ONLINE ONLY How to use the gazetteer index 214 Gazetteer index 215 Subject index 266 Acknowledgements 268