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GEOGRAPHY

Learn about hemispheres, equator, latitude, prime meridian, continents, and countries. Discover how mountains, rivers, and landforms are formed, and explore maps, regions, and natural resources. Understand regions, languages, population, economics, natural disasters, and migration patterns.

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GEOGRAPHY

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  1. GEOGRAPHY WORLD

  2. Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude

  3. Continents EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA

  4. COUNTRIES – are part of continents ASIA SOUTH AMERICA

  5. STATES – are part of countries ASIA SOUTH AMERICA

  6. CONTINENT COUNTRY STATE PARISH/COUNTY CITY/TOWN

  7. formed by plates colliding Mountains BIGGEST

  8. WATER PACIFIC MISSISSIPPI RIVER ATLANTIC Gulf of Mexico

  9. WATER MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

  10. Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands formed by glaciers formed by running water formed by volcanoes

  11. MAP GRID

  12. Political map shows boundaries

  13. Physical map shows landforms and water

  14. Elevation map shows elevation of area in comparison to sea level

  15. Population map shows areas of high and low population

  16. Natural Resource map shows where resources of an area can be found

  17. Climate map

  18. Map Key

  19. Distance Scale

  20. Compass rose Remember: to determine the direction of movement, you MUST be careful of your starting location and move from there. Even though this line can go northwest or southeast, YOU can only go one direction on it – depending on your starting point!

  21. Practice DirectionAdd in the Compass Rose Directions

  22. REGIONS mountains PLAINS mountains DESERT tundra rainforest

  23. REGIONS THICK FORESTS GRASSLANDS THICK FORESTS CACTUS CYPRESS TREES PALM TREES PALM TREES

  24. HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND CUTTING TREES DUST BOWL & pesticides MINING CUTTING TREES IRRIGATION LEVEES DRAINING SWAMPS

  25. U.S. LANGUAGESALL REGIONS MAINLY ENGLISH Some Spanish Some French Some Spanish

  26. POPULATION OF REGIONS BIG CITIES of New York, Boston, Philadelphia formed because of Atlantic coast = large populations High Population of Natives to reservations DIVERSITY DIVERSITY High Population of African Americans due to slavery High Population of Hispanic due to Mexican-American War

  27. ECONOMICS OF REGIONS LUMBER FARMING tourism tourism Fishing & Shipping Fishing & Shipping coal oil Fishing & Shipping oil tourism tourism

  28. NATURAL DISASTERS OF REGIONS EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES HURRICANES & FLOODS tsunamis volcanoes& tsunamis

  29. Region Overview

  30. MIGRATION LATER : Irish – escape famine & Germans – escape political oppression EVEN LATER – WESTWARD EXPANSION due to LA PURCHASE, GOLD RUSH Colonists – Pilgrims, Puritans – mainly religious freedom

  31. COMMUNITIES

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