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World Geography

World Geography. 8/30/10. Timeline Assessment. Fold the sentence strip into 8 sections Put the dates and information in order as if they were on a timeline Earliest dates on the left Most recent dates on the right

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World Geography

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  1. World Geography 8/30/10

  2. Timeline Assessment • Fold the sentence strip into 8 sections • Put the dates and information in order as if they were on a timeline • Earliest dates on the left • Most recent dates on the right • Clue: BC dates are larger toward the left and lower as they get closer to 0 while AD do the opposite (just like on a number line)

  3. Dates 28,000 B.C.: Asian hunters enter North America A.D. 1095: Crusades begin A.D. 700: The Maya Empire reaches its peak 10,000 BC: Last Ice Age ends (Ice Age was the reason the nomadic Asian hunters followed their food source across the Bering land bridge into North America A.D. 1325: The Aztec establish Tenochtitlan in South America A.D. 1215: England’s King John signs the Magna Carta 7,000 B.C.: Farming develops in Mexico A.D. 1400: Inca Empire begins to expand

  4. What in the world is Geography anyway?

  5. Discussion In order to hold discussion, please do not talk over one another. Raise your hand, stand up, state your name and your contribution. What makes up geography? What importance does the land have on humans? Why do we need to study these elements of geography?

  6. 5 Themes of Geography

  7. P R I L M • Place • Region • Interaction (Human- Environment) • Location • Movement

  8. #1 LOCATION • Where is ____? Where is ____ relative to where I am? • Absolute Location vs. Relative Location • Absolute or Exact Location-every point on earth has a specific location determined by latitude and longitude • Ex: GPS • Relative Location-where a place is in relation to other places; deals with the interaction the occurs between and among places • Ex: My house is down the street from Sonic

  9. Activity • Grid • Coordinates • Hemispheres • Latitude and Longitude are imaginary lines that make a grid across the globe and the coordinates on that grid tell us exactly where something is located. • Take turns drawing lines of latitude or longitude on the Styrofoam ball I am passing around • Start with the Equator (0 degrees latitude) • Tropic of cancer (23 ½ degrees North of Equator) • Tropic of capricorn (23 ½ degrees South of Equator) • Prime meridian (0 degrees longitude)

  10. y-longitude X-latitude

  11. #2 PLACE • What does _____ look like? Why? How is it different from _____? • All places have characteristics that give them meaning and character that distinguish them from other places on earth. • Geographers describe places by their physical and human characteristics • Human Characteristics • Architecture, patterns of livelihood, land use and ownership, town planning, communication and transportation networks, language, religious, and political ideologies • Physical characteristics • Landforms, animal life, etc.

  12. Activity Make a circle map Inside circle- put your neighborhood, home, or school Outside circle-put characteristics of the place-be sure to include physical and human characteristics Square-What makes your place different from other ones in the area?

  13. #3 INTERACTION • What human-environment relationships are occurring? How do they affect the place and its inhabitants? • Environment means different things to different people, depending on their cultural backgrounds and technological resources • When studying human/environment interaction, geographers look at all the effects-positive and negative-that occur when people interact with their surroundings • Studying the consequences of human/environment interaction helps people plan and manage the environment responsibly • Human acts, like damming a river to prevent flooding or provide irrigation, requires consideration of the potential consequences • Ex: Hoover dam-changed landscape but created a reservoir that helps provide water and electric power for the arid Southwest

  14. Activity Make a list of things you would want in order to have a good life. Which of those things do you really need? How many of those things can be found in the natural environment? Which things must be made by people?

  15. #4 MOVEMENT • What has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for the places involved? • People interact with other people, places, and things almost every day of their lives. They travel from one place to another, the communicate with each other, and they rely upon products, information, and ideas that come from beyond their immediate environment. • Need to be able to recognize where resources are located, who needs them, and how they are transported over the earth’s surface. • You are connected with, and depend on other regions, cultures, and people in the world

  16. Activity How do different ideas travel from one place to another? (Music, literature, folk tales) How do people react-personally, professionally, politically, technologically-when they are able to freely communicate with one another? In what ways are people prevented from experiencing the movement of ideas? (Censorship, Geographic barriers, language barriers) What happens when people are not able to communicate?

  17. #5 REGION • An area on the earth’s surface that is defined by certain unifying characteristics (Formal region) • Ex: Scottish Highlands • An area on earth believed to exist as part of a cultural identity (Perceptual region) • Ex: Southern Region=country music and confederates • The unifying characteristics may be physical, human, or cultural • Along with unifying characteristics, geographers study how a region changes over times • Using regions, divides the world into manageable units for study

  18. Activity • United States Climatic Regions • Desert • Tundra • Tropical • Humid subtropical • Highland • Mediterranean • Humid continental • Need to know: Time zones • Why do time zones exist? • How do time zones affect your lives? • What happens when we fly from place to place? • What time is it right now in other parts of the world? http://www.worldtimezone.com/

  19. HOMEWORK “Understanding Timelines” Worksheet Due next class period

  20. EXPECTATION FOR LEAVING In this class….You will NOT leave until everyone is seated, quiet, and trash is picked up off the floor NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!! Stack up papers neatly in the middle of the groups…I will pick up as I dismiss your table…seated, quiet, and clean

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