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World Geography

World Geography. Mrs. Thibeault. What you need…. Everyday bring: A notebook Textbook Planner Pen / Pencil. YOU don’t know which direction to go?. Follow the 3 before ME rule…. CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS. Take a look…. Syllabus Student Contract. Classroom Website.

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World Geography

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  1. World Geography Mrs. Thibeault

  2. What you need… Everyday bring: • A notebook • Textbook • Planner • Pen / Pencil

  3. YOU don’t know which direction to go? Follow the 3 before ME rule…

  4. CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

  5. Take a look… • Syllabus • Student Contract

  6. Classroom Website Type in http://www.kiel.k12.wi.us/ Search Thibeault under District Staff Use this for calendar, lesson plans and important dates. Maps Political & Physical maps found Pg. 14-21 in text.

  7. World Economic Geography Chapters 1 – 4 Pages 38 - 125

  8. Objectives • Five themes of geography • How to identify location, place and region • Earth’s ecosystems and resources • Earth’s physical characteristics and processes that affect those characteristics past and present • Political and economic systems

  9. Check it out…Scan Pg. 35 – 38 to answer the questions. • What is Geography? • Answers What?, Where?, Why? and So What? • What tools to geographers use?

  10. Earth’s Ecosystems Weather: Condition of earth’s atmosphere over a short period of time. Climate: Weather patterns in an area over a long period of time. Explain: “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”

  11. What effects climate?

  12. Climate Regions (Map Pg. 70) • Tropical • Dry • Moderate • Continental • Polar

  13. From a snow capped mountain (polar) to the Amazon Rainforest (tropical), Ecuador has all 5 climate types.

  14. Population and Culture Chapter 3 Pg. 86-107

  15. Human Geography What can you study in Human Geography? What is population growth and why has it been increasing?

  16. Population growth (Birthrate + immigration rate) - (Death rate + emigration rate) = Zero population growth Check out the chart on Pg. 91… What kind of impact does this have on our world?

  17. Where would you settle and why? Scenario: You and 100 other people are stranded on ‘Jones Island’

  18. Geography 101 Most important: Where do people live and why? What are three reasons people live here?

  19. Resources and Land Use Chapter 4 Pg. 108 – 121

  20. Resources • Natural • Renewable • Nonrenewable

  21. Energy Sources • What type of energy do you use? • What happens when energy becomes scarce?

  22. Economy • What economic activities (occupations) do we have in Kiel? • How do our resources contribute to the economy?

  23. Imports Exports Global Trade • Trade patterns • Created through Imports/Exports • Trade routes • Created through geography, transportation technology and international relations

  24. Level of Development Economic Activity + Trade patterns = A country’s level of development

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