Do Now: Label the 4 hemispheres of the Earth

Aim: How has the geography of the Western Hemisphere shaped the way people live?

Western Hemisphere VocabularyHemisphere* – Hemi = half; sphere = 3-D

circlePhysical Map* – a map that shows the

physical features of the earth; like mountains, rivers, islands, plains, etc.

Peninsula* – a piece of land that is surrounded on 3 sides by water.

Aim: How have landforms of the Western Hemisphere shape the way people live?

Geographic features of the Western Hemisphere

Mountains = Rivers = Plains = Ocean/Sea/Gulf = Islands =

Peninsulas =

Aim: How have landforms of the Western Hemisphere shape the way people live?

Physical Map of the Western Hemisphere

Task #1Use pgs. 8, 9, 19 & 29 Create your own North & South America Physical

map label each geographic feature with the proper

symbol:Mountains – Rocky, Appalachians, AndesRivers – Mississippi, Colorado, Rio Grande,

AmazonBodies of Water – Atlantic Ocean, Pacific

Ocean, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea

Islands – Cuba, Jamaica – pg 20Peninsulas – Florida, YucatanPlains – Great Plains

Aim: How have landforms of the Western Hemisphere shape the way people live?

Imagine you are travelling across the United States, beginning on the east coast, list 3 major geographic features that you would cross in order to end up on the west coast

F.S.Q. – in your notebooks