directions: look at and interpret the map above. then answer the questions. 1.what is the title of...
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Directions: Look at and interpret the map above. Then answer the questions. 1. What is the title of this map?2. Look at the Map Key. What information do you think this map is telling us?3. Based on the information provided, what are the names of some countries that
are good to be born in? Bad to be born in?4. What surprises you or what do you find interesting from this map?
Do Now 9/3 Article of the Week #2Title: World Map
Map Key
U.S.A.
Canada
Australia
Iceland
Russia
China
IndiaMexico
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Angola
Nigeria
Kenya
EgyptAlgeria
Indonesia
Norway
Japan
Venezuela
New Zealand
ChileSouth Africa
Do Now 9/4
1. What city is located approximately 35ᵒN and 90ᵒW?2. What city is located approximately at 25ᵒN and 80ᵒW?3. What is the latitude and longitude of Philadelphia?4. Between which lines of latitude is the continental U.S. located? (Not including AL and HW)5. Between which lines of longitude is the continental U.S. located?
Do Now 9/5
Directions: Look at the map to answer the following questions.1. What are the 2 largest mountain ranges in the U.S.?2. What are the 7 largest rivers in the U.S.?3. What two oceans border the U.S?4. What are the names of the five lakes in Northeast U.S.?5. Is a map of physical or human characteristics? Is this showing political or physical regions? (Use your
foldable if you have to.)
Do Now 9/6
1. Look at this map of the World Upside-Down. Explain what you see, what sticks out to you, and what you find interesting.
2. Why do you think we do not normally see maps this way?3. Based on this map, how does the United States compare to other
countries?
Five Themes of Geography Foldable Rubric
Five Themes of Geography
PAGE 2 -3 in textbook• Human-Environment Interaction• Location• Movement• Place• Region
Physical characteristics of geography influence the human characteristics of
geography.Think about it.
GEOGRAPHY/GEOGRAPHIC
• related to land, land use, natural resources, and the environment
• the study of people, place, and environment focusing on the earth’s surface and the processes that shape it
HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
• related to how people adapt their lives to some environmental conditions
LocationDescribes where a place is
Relative Location:• The description of a place in
relation to another.
Absolute Location:• The exact location of a place
using lines of longitude and latitude.
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
MovementDescribes the movement of people, goods, and ideas.
– Migration – movement of people– Trade – movement of things and goods– Cultural diffusion – movement of ideas
Migration
Trade
Cultural Diffusion
Directions:For each type of movement, illustrate a specific and unique example.
RegionDescribes an area that has its own unifying characteristics.
Political Boundaries Physical Boundaries
RegionDescribes an area that has its own unifying characteristics.
Political Boundaries Physical Boundaries Type of Region OUR Region Capital? Leader?
World EARTH no! no!
Hemisphere Western Hemisphere
no! no!
Continent North America no! no!
Country United States of America
Washington, D.C.
President Barack Obama
State North Carolina Raleigh Governor Pat McCroy
County Mecklenburg no! no!
City Charlotte no! Mayor – Anthony Foxx
Place Describes an area in terms of its physical and human
characteristics
Physical Characteristics: Describe the natural environment of a place
Human Characteristics: Describe the people of a place (past and present)
How do the PHYSICAL characteristics of a place influence the HUMAN characteristics of a place?
Place Describes an area in terms of its physical and human
characteristicsPhysical Characteristics: Describe the natural environment of a place
Human Characteristics: Describe the people of a place (past and present)
How do the PHYSICAL characteristics of a place influence the HUMAN characteristics of a place?
Examples:• Physical Features:
• Forest • Water – oceans, • Mountains • Beach• desert
• Weather and climate:• Hot/cold• Dry/wet(humid)
• Vegetation/Environment:• Animal life:
• Birds• Ocean life
Examples:• Human-made features:
• Buildings• Bridges• House• Roads• Railroads• technology
• What life is like:• Population Distribution:
• City – urban high population• Country – rural low population
Pg. 17 North Carolina Geography
• Page 17 of ISN• HOMEWORK: Answer the following question:• How do the physical characteristics of the 3
different regions in North Carolina affect the following human characteristics:– Who lives/has lived in each region– What the economy is– About how many people live there/population
World Politically
World Physically
Map #1
Map #2
The 3 Regions of North Carolina
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountains
The 3 Regions of North Carolina
CharlotteAsheville
Wilmington
RaleighDurham
Winston-SalemGreensboro
Fayetteville
Where is North Carolina?