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Location

Location. By: Laura Garza. Location. In geography, location is a position or point that something occupies on Earth’s surface. A location may be described as absolute location meaning the exact location of an object. My current location.

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Location

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  1. Location By: Laura Garza

  2. Location • In geography, location is a position or point that something occupies on Earth’s surface. • A location may be described as absolute location meaning the exact location of an object.

  3. My current location • I currently live in Corpus Christi, TX on the North American Continent. • Google Earth Corpus Christi

  4. Can you recognize these different locations? • All of these landmasses have different names. • Interactive Continents • All of these landmasses have different societies, animals, and standards that identify them as unique countries.

  5. What Are These Large Landmasses? How are they different? • These landmasses are called Continents • There are Seven Continents in the world which include: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.

  6. Why is this useful? • To learn the variety of things tied to location such as climate, lifestyles, cultures, religions, etc. and be familiar with landforms.

  7. Works Cited • Image of Earth globe retrieved from http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2429/globe_west_540.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_%28geography%29 • Google Earth from Google. COM • Image of U.S. retrieved from http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2004/_images/events/Map1.gif • Image of Indian Baby http://www.susandunn.cc/IndianBaby.jpg

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