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Objective
Describe how Australia’s location, climate, and natural resources impact trade and affect where people live.
Directions
Review the nine options in the grid below.
Choose three (3) activities to complete. Your choices must connect to form a straight line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal).
The Middle Square is REQUIRED.
Use your textbook, atlas, or provided notes to ensure your facts are accurate.
You have 3 class days to complete all three tasks. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS. WILL RECEIVE A ZERO IF NOT RECEIVED BY FRIDAY AT END OF YOUR CLASS PERIOD.
Shape
The Choice Board Grid
1. The Real Estate Agent
2. The Trade Map
3. The Postcard Home
Create a "For Sale" flyer for a home in a coastal city (like Sydney). Explain why people want to live there based on the Climate.
Draw a map of Australia showing 3 Natural Resources and draw arrows pointing toward trade partners in Asia.
Write a postcard from the "Outback." Describe the harsh Climate and explain why so few people live there.
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I can help — do you want me to:
- Help you choose which three squares form a valid straight line (including the required middle square), or
- Complete all three tasks for a particular line you pick?
I only see the first row (1–3) in your post. If you want me to complete a line, please paste the full 3×3 grid or tell me which three squares you chose. If you’d like, I can also give you finished examples right away for the three tasks you posted (1–3). Below are ready-to-use drafts for those three so you can turn them in or use them as templates.
1) “For Sale” flyer (coastal city — Sydney example)
For Sale: Beautiful 3‑bed Home — Sydney Coastal Living
- Price: $750,000 (example)
- Location: Near Sydney Harbor / 15 min to CBD / close to beaches and parks
- Features: 3 beds, 2 baths, sunny north-facing yard, easy public transport, local schools
Why people want to live here:
- Mild coastal climate: warm summers, mild winters, moderate rainfall year‑round — great for outdoor living and year‑round recreation.
- Coastal location offers beaches, boating, and scenic harbors, plus cooler sea breezes in summer.
- Close to jobs, universities, hospitals and cultural amenities (theaters, restaurants).
- Good transport links to domestic and Asian trade routes: port and airports nearby support jobs in trade and logistics.
2) Trade map instructions and sample content (you’ll draw this)
What to draw:
- Outline map of Australia.
- Mark and label three natural resources and their approximate locations:
- Iron ore — Pilbara region, Western Australia (northwest)
- Coal — Bowen Basin, Queensland (northeast)
- LNG (natural gas) — offshore/Northwest Shelf and Western Australia
- Draw arrows from each resource region pointing toward major Asian trade partners and label them:
- Iron ore → China, Japan, South Korea
- Coal → Japan, South Korea, India
- LNG → Japan, China, South Korea, India
- Add a short legend: exports = iron ore, coal, LNG; major partners = China (largest), Japan, South Korea, India.
Notes to include on map (one or two sentences):
- Australia’s location close to Asia reduces shipping time and costs, making it a major exporter of minerals and energy. Resource exports are a big part of the economy and shape trade routes toward East and Southeast Asia.
3) Postcard from the Outback (ready text)
Front: Picture of red desert and a lone eucalyptus tree
Back (message):
G’day from the Outback!
This place is hot, dry, and very wide open. Summers get extremely hot and there’s very little rainfall most of the year — water is scarce and vegetation is sparse. Because the soil is poor and there’s limited water, it’s hard to farm here and services (like hospitals, schools, and shops) are far apart. That’s why so few people live in the Outback — most Australians live near the coast where the climate is milder and jobs and water are easier to find.
Cheers, (Your name)
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Tell me:
- Which line (three squares) you want me to fully finish for you, or
- If you want me to expand/teacher-proof any of the three examples above (add facts, a map sketch guide, or format the flyer for printing).
- Help you choose which three squares form a valid straight line (including the required middle square), or
- Complete all three tasks for a particular line you pick?
I only see the first row (1–3) in your post. If you want me to complete a line, please paste the full 3×3 grid or tell me which three squares you chose. If you’d like, I can also give you finished examples right away for the three tasks you posted (1–3). Below are ready-to-use drafts for those three so you can turn them in or use them as templates.
1) “For Sale” flyer (coastal city — Sydney example)
For Sale: Beautiful 3‑bed Home — Sydney Coastal Living
- Price: $750,000 (example)
- Location: Near Sydney Harbor / 15 min to CBD / close to beaches and parks
- Features: 3 beds, 2 baths, sunny north-facing yard, easy public transport, local schools
Why people want to live here:
- Mild coastal climate: warm summers, mild winters, moderate rainfall year‑round — great for outdoor living and year‑round recreation.
- Coastal location offers beaches, boating, and scenic harbors, plus cooler sea breezes in summer.
- Close to jobs, universities, hospitals and cultural amenities (theaters, restaurants).
- Good transport links to domestic and Asian trade routes: port and airports nearby support jobs in trade and logistics.
2) Trade map instructions and sample content (you’ll draw this)
What to draw:
- Outline map of Australia.
- Mark and label three natural resources and their approximate locations:
- Iron ore — Pilbara region, Western Australia (northwest)
- Coal — Bowen Basin, Queensland (northeast)
- LNG (natural gas) — offshore/Northwest Shelf and Western Australia
- Draw arrows from each resource region pointing toward major Asian trade partners and label them:
- Iron ore → China, Japan, South Korea
- Coal → Japan, South Korea, India
- LNG → Japan, China, South Korea, India
- Add a short legend: exports = iron ore, coal, LNG; major partners = China (largest), Japan, South Korea, India.
Notes to include on map (one or two sentences):
- Australia’s location close to Asia reduces shipping time and costs, making it a major exporter of minerals and energy. Resource exports are a big part of the economy and shape trade routes toward East and Southeast Asia.
3) Postcard from the Outback (ready text)
Front: Picture of red desert and a lone eucalyptus tree
Back (message):
G’day from the Outback!
This place is hot, dry, and very wide open. Summers get extremely hot and there’s very little rainfall most of the year — water is scarce and vegetation is sparse. Because the soil is poor and there’s limited water, it’s hard to farm here and services (like hospitals, schools, and shops) are far apart. That’s why so few people live in the Outback — most Australians live near the coast where the climate is milder and jobs and water are easier to find.
Cheers, (Your name)
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Tell me:
- Which line (three squares) you want me to fully finish for you, or
- If you want me to expand/teacher-proof any of the three examples above (add facts, a map sketch guide, or format the flyer for printing).
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