1.1 - 1.3

1.1 Skill Master (mapping skills with Tasmania)

Use map 1.5 on pg 7 to answer the following questions.

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1 Name the mountains at each of the following locations:

a 42˚16´S 145˚50´E

b 41˚47´S 146˚21´E

c 41˚41´S 145˚57´E

d 42˚56´S 146˚25´E

e 41˚24´S 147˚38´E.

2 Give the latitude and longitude (degrees and minutes) for each of the following:

a Hobart

b Swansea

c Stanley

d Launceston

e Port Arthur

3 Complete the following:

a King Island is found between latitude 39˚35´S and _143 47__, and longitude 143˚51´E and __________.

b The Furneaux group of islands are located between _______S and ______S, and between ______E and ______E.

c The Freycinet Peninsula extends from _____ S to _____ S on the _____ coast of Tasmania.

4 Write the scale of the map in words. 1;2500000

5 Use the scale to calculate the straight-line distance between Hobart and each of the mountains identified in question 1.

a 42˚16´S 145˚50´E

b 41˚47´S 146˚21´E

c 41˚41´S 145˚57´E

d 42˚56´S 146˚25´E

e 41˚24´S 147˚38´E.                                    

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 1.2 

1. 7.6 mill

2. 16.1 mill

3. Russian Federation, Canada, United states, China, Brazil

4. 25 times

5. 36 000km

6. Canada, 240 000

7. 8000

8.

9. Large area with small population 

10. 2800 residents, South Sydney

11. - As they are surrounded by large bodies of water

- are not bordered by any close or large countries

12. advantages

- more fisheries

- transportation for trade

- residential areas, for hotels etc

disadvantages

- too much land

- lots of asylum seekers are included

- seas are crowded with sea vessels etc

1.3

1.    1.50 000

2.    2. Time before time

3.     3.  Dreaming is the continuation of those spirits ancestors in the relationships between all living and non-living things. Dreaming stories contain valuable lessons about how to survive, where to find food and water, and how to avoid danger. Each aboriginal group has its own knowledge which is considered scared and is passed on by elders in stories, music and art.

4.    4.  The knowledge of Aboriginals can be passed on mainly by stories of Dream time and through generations of the tribes. Known as "story telling"

5.  5.  The physical and human elements of their environment as part of the same inter - connected 'country.'

6     6. As it is found in different forms in all Aboriginal Cultures

7.    7. As stated in the Serpent Story "She travelled all over the land, forming mountain ranges and deep channels with her body."

8.    8. As in the Serpent story it quotes "And the people know that if they take more fish than they can eat, or kill for greed or pleasure, or abuse the laws of the land in any way, the great mother serpent will come out of her hiding place in the water, and punish those who have broken her laws.

9.   9.  Magic and fantasy, the common theme and happenings in most of the sources tend to be very fantasied and unrealistic, for example, "the baby carriers was transformed into rock" taken from ' The story of Tnorala

10.   - Long time ago- women dancing in sky, forming Milky Way

- Women baby-carrier tipped over and fell to the Earth below

- The baby was then transformed into Rock Walls of Tnorala

- Located 175 km west of Alice Springs, is very sacred

11.   - They have stories that explain the formation of landforms

 They name to how they were and who there were "discovered" by

- Spiritual presence that continues to inhabit the landforms

- Treat land with respect and protect it from harm

- Custodians of the land

1.     I.  7.6 mi