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Geography 101

Geography 101. Mrs. Dillard. Geography Quiz. Name the continent the United States is located on. What ocean borders the US on the EAST coast? What ocean borders the US on the WEST coast? What country is located directly NORTH of the US & borders the US?

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Geography 101

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  1. Geography 101 Mrs. Dillard

  2. Geography Quiz • Name the continent the United States is located on. • What ocean borders the US on the EAST coast? • What ocean borders the US on the WEST coast? • What country is located directly NORTH of the US & borders the US? • What country is located directly SOUTH of the US & borders the US? North America Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Canada Mexico

  3. Geographical Features • Bay: Part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline • Beach: The shore of a body of water, usually sandy or pebbly. • Canyon: A deep valley with steep sides between hills or mountains may have a stream or river. • Cape: A piece of land extending into the water, smaller than a peninsula • Cave: A hollow beneath the earth’s surface, often having an opening in the side of a hill or cliff.

  4. Geographical Features • Channel/Strait: A narrow waterway that connects 2 larger bodies of water. • Coast: Land along a sea or ocean • Delta: Land that is formed by mud, silt, and sand deposited at the mouth of a river. Usually 3 sided, triangle. • Desert: Dry, barren land • Forest: Dense growth of trees and underbrush

  5. Geographical Features • Gulf: Large area of sea or ocean, partially enclosed by land, larger than a bay • Headlands: Point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water • Hill: A well-defined elevated area of land, smaller than a mountain • Island: A body of land complete surrounded by water

  6. Geographical Features • Isthmus: Narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land • Lake: Body of water complete surrounded by land, usually freshwater • Meadow: Tract of grassland • Mountain: Land with steep sides that rise steeply from the land around it • Peninsula: Piece of land almost surrounded by water and connected to a larger body of land

  7. Geographical Features • Plain: An almost level area of land that stretches for miles • Plateau: A elevated plain raised sharply above the surround land, at least on one side • River: A natural stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake, usually fed along its course by tributaries • Swamp: Low land region saturated by water • Valley: Low land between hills or mountains

  8. Continents or Countries? • Africa • North America • Antarctica • United Kingdom • Ireland • Europe • Asia • China

  9. Where in the WORLD? • Where is the equator? • Zero degrees latitude • Where is the Prime Meridian? • Zero degrees longitude • Where is the International Date Line? • 180 degree longitude • What is longitude? • LONG, lines run North to South • What is latitude? • Ladder, lines run East to West

  10. Latitude • Measure of distance North to South of the Equator (0 degrees) • Also called parallels • The equator divides the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres • Latitude lines are 30 degrees apart

  11. Longitude • Measured in distance east or west of the Prime Meridian (0 degrees) • Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich, England • International Date Line: 180 degrees • Divides the world into Eastern & Western hemispheres

  12. What’s the difference?? • Continent: large land mass, separated from others by water. • 7 continents: Asia, Antarctica, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Europe • Country: Extended expanse of land • Around 195 countries, currently • Examples?

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