CHAPTER 9 Exploring with Google Earth

To complete these problems, first read the chapter. When you are finished, go to LaunchPad and open the Exploring with Google Earth file for this chapter. Click on the “Workbook Problems” folder to “fly” to each of the problems listed below and answer the questions. Be sure to keep your “Borders and Labels” layer activated. Refer to Appendix 4 if you need help using Google Earth.

PROBLEM 9.1 Wheat and lentils are widely grown in an area known as the Palouse, a region in the northwestern United States that includes southeastern Washington and northwestern Idaho.

PROBLEM 9.2 Rice is grown on very steep slopes in many parts of southeastern Asia. Zoom in closely and pan around to determine what kind of agriculture is being practiced here.

PROBLEM 9.3 This unusually wet environment in western Egypt is in one of the driest deserts on Earth. Shown here are four water bodies surrounded by a sea of sand dunes.

PROBLEM 9.4 Activate your 3D Buildings layer in the sidebar menu. You will see water towers in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Pan around to see the towers and the skyscrapers behind them.

PROBLEM 9.5 The desert of Libya receives almost no rainfall, but crops are grown there, as evidenced by these circular agricultural fields.

PROBLEM 9.6 This location features a water-intensive activity discussed in Section 9.4, Geographic Perspectives. As you zoom out while answering the questions, take note of the three artificial islands that protrude into the sea.

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