Geography Intro

Name the Seven Continents?

Geography

• Comes from two Greek words Geos meaning Earth and Graphos meaning writing, Writing about the Earth

• Study of the Earth it’s formations and locations

Continents• Large Areas of land that

designate parts of the Planet

• 7 Continents– Asia– Australia– Africa– Antartica– Europe– North and South America

Hemispheres• Globe divided into halves by

hemispheres, hemi- half, sphere- ball

• Northern/Southern by Equator, 0 latitude

• Eastern/ Western by Prime Meridian and International date line– Prime Meridian through

Greenwich, England, Int’l date line in Pacific

– 0 Longitude