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NINE WEEKS Study Guide on your Desk!

Get ready for your second nine weeks review with this comprehensive study guide. Learn about the Prime Meridian, lines of longitude, map projections, and the different types of maps. Discover how humans influence their environment through deforestation and pollution. Explore cultural regions such as Latin America and the Middle East. Gain an understanding of physical regions, including climate, vegetation, and landforms. Dive into topics like the caste system, communism, and ocean currents. Finally, learn about the governments shared by the United States and Canada.

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NINE WEEKS Study Guide on your Desk!

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  1. NINE WEEKS Study Guide on your Desk!

  2. 2nd NINE WEEKS REVIEW

  3. Prime Meridian Imaginary line that cuts the world into eastern and western hemispheres. Imaginary lines that measure the distance a place is east or west of the Prime Meridian are called: LINES OF LONGITUDE

  4. What is this projection most used for? What is this type of map projection called? ROBINSON Data representation, most common in textbooks

  5. What type of features that humans have created are typically shown on a map? Look at this map of the US. Political Boundaries

  6. What type of map? I’m a POLITICALMAP! I’m a PHYSICALMAP! Shows physical features. Shows features humans have created.

  7. NORTH POLE Brrrrrr Hot, Hot, Hot! EQUATOR SOUTH POLE Brrrrrrr

  8. 90 high latitudes mostly cold temperatures 0 90

  9. What factor most strongly influences a region’s climate? Latitude!

  10. What causes the cultural characteristics of a region to change over time? • humans change and move • human innovation • cultural diffusion

  11. DEFORESTATION Ways humans influence their environment! ACID RAIN WATER POLLUTION

  12. Cultural Regions LATIN AMERICA RELIGION MIDDLE EAST MAJOR PRODUCTS ETHNIC GROUPS

  13. Physical Regions CLIMATE VEGETATION LANDFORMS

  14. QUEBEC, CANADA • FRENCH SPEAKING • FIGHTING FOR • INDEPENDENCE • MAJORITY OF • FRENCH-SPEAKING • CANADIANS LIVE HERE

  15. 3. 3 4. 4 2. 2 1. 1 1. CARIBBEAN REGION 2. NILE DELTA • SIBERIAN REGION 4. GREAT PLAINS

  16. What kind of homes were common during Medieval times? CASTLES

  17. PACIFIC ISLAND GETAWAY FALE WITH A THATCHED ROOF

  18. MOST UNIFIED Canada India Yugoslavia United States

  19. Christ Redeemer St. Patrick’s Cathedral Rio de Janeiro, Brazil New York, NY Christianity links people in North & South America

  20. The coniferous forest found in the Subarctic Climate Region. TAIGA

  21. A region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only certain specialized plants can grow Which climate region? TUNDRA

  22. Caste System A social structure which divides people on the basis on inherited social status. Hindus of India

  23. KAABA MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA ISLAM (MUSLIMS)

  24. How would you describe the climate of the Caribbean? TROPICAL!

  25. Communism linked the former Soviet Union and the Eastern European nations between WWII and 1980

  26. What is the name of the coastal desert found in Latin America? ATACAMA!

  27. Name the two Grasslands found in Latin America: Llanos LLANOS & PAMPAS! Pampas

  28. OCEAN CURRENTS

  29. TRUE /FALSE • They cause all coastal regions to have cool temperatures. • 2. They cause all coastal regions to have warm temperatures • They have very little effect on the climate of a region. • They cause all coastal regions to have heavy rainfall. • 5. They redistribute heat from one area of the ocean to another.

  30. ONE LAST THING!

  31. What type of government is shared by both the United States & Canada? DEMOCRATIC!

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