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Mr. Luvera Chapter 1: Land of New York Unit 1: New York and It’s People

World Geography: Land of New York. Mr. Luvera Chapter 1: Land of New York Unit 1: New York and It’s People. Looking at Earth. Globe special map that is shaped like a sphere, or ball a model of Earth shows what the land and water look like on Earth. Looking at Earth. Continents

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Mr. Luvera Chapter 1: Land of New York Unit 1: New York and It’s People

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  1. World Geography: Land of New York Mr. Luvera Chapter 1: Land of New York Unit 1: New York and It’s People

  2. Looking at Earth Globe • special map that is shaped like a sphere, or ball • a model of Earth • shows what the land and water look like on Earth

  3. Looking at Earth Continents • large areas of land on Earth • seven continents • Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

  4. Looking at Earth Map • drawings of places on Earth Cardinal Directions • main directions of north, south, west, and east Intermediate Directions • northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest

  5. Looking at Earth Map Title - tell you what information is on the map Map Key - helps understand the colors or special symbols on a map Locator - small map set into the main map - shows the location on Earth of the main map Compass Rose - shows the cardinal directions Scale - shows the distance between two places on a map

  6. Looking at Earth Equator • imaginary line on Earth • divides the sphere of Earth in half (hemisphere) • “hemi” means half

  7. Looking at Earth Prime Meridian • imaginary line on Earth that runs from North Pole to the South Pole • divides the Earth in half (hemisphere)

  8. Looking at Earth Hemisphere (4) • all land and oceans north of the equator are in Northern Hemisphere • all land and oceans south of the equator are in the Southern Hemisphere • all land and oceans west of the prime meridian are in the Western Hemisphere • all land and oceans east of the prime meridian are in the Eastern Hemisphere

  9. Looking at Earth

  10. Special Purpose Maps Historical Map - shows information about the past and how things appeared at that time

  11. Special Purpose Maps Political Maps - shows cities, states and capitals

  12. Special Purpose Maps Physical Map • shows the natural features of Earth • landform map

  13. New York Landforms

  14. Characteristics of Landforms mountains lakes valleys

  15. Rivers and Lakes

  16. New York’s Waterways

  17. Focus Lesson Review Question #5: What effect does each waterway have on New Yorkers?

  18. New York’s Weather and Climate • Weather and climate are affected by • New York experiences precipitation in the form of • New York can sometimes experience extreme weather such as

  19. Focus Lesson Review Question #5: What are some things that affect climate in New York?

  20. Focus Review Question #5: How are resources such as water and fuels alike and different? Water - Forms of precipitation ex) snow, rain, sleet, hail - Renewable Resource • Both • Liquids • - Natural resources Fuels - gas, oil - Nonrenewable resource

  21. Video Clip • http://www.macmillanmh.com/ss/ny/big_idea_video/NY_Unit_1.swf • This short video clip shows natural features of New York State.

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