Transcript Regions Powerpoint

DIVIDING THE EARTH
INTO REGIONS
Unit 2, Lesson 5: What Are Some Ways to Organize or Regionalize the Earth?
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REGION: an area with at least
one characteristic or
feature that sets it
apart from other areas
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What is one way to divide
Michigan into regions?
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Superior
Upland
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Superior
Upland
Central
Lowland
Central
Lowland
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What is one way to divide the
United States into regions?
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What map shows the best way to
divide the Earth into regions?
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NP
SP
Hemispheres
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NP
Equator = 0o
SP
Hemispheres
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NP
Northern
Hemisphere
Equator = 0o
SP
Hemispheres
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Northern
Hemisphere
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NP
Northern
Hemisphere
Equator = 0o
SP
Hemispheres
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NP
Northern
Hemisphere
Equator = 0o
Southern
Hemisphere
SP
Hemispheres
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Southern
Hemisphere
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Could a country be in both the
Northern and Southern
Hemispheres? Why or why not?
Hemispheres
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Hemispheres
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NP
SP
Hemispheres
Prime Meridian = 0o
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NP
SP
Hemispheres
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Hemispheres
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Is the United States in the
Western or Eastern
Hemisphere?
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Hemispheres
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Other countries in
both the Western
and Eastern
Hemispheres
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What is special about the country of Kiribati?
Hemispheres
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CONTINENT: a large unbroken
land mass
surrounded by
water
Continents
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How many continents
are there?
Continents
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Write the names of the
continents.
Continents
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a large
unbroken
land mass
surrounded
by water??
Continents
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Continents
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Continents
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a large
unbroken
land mass
surrounded
by water??
Continents
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What would Antarctica
look like without the ice?
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a large
unbroken land
mass
OR
an ice-capped
group of
islands????
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How might visitors to Earth describe it?
Continents
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Less Economically Developed Countries
Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Less Economically Developed Countries
More Economically Developed Countries
Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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Other Ways to Regionalize Earth
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By
hemisphere
By
continent
By
time zone
Ways to
divide the
World into
Regions
By natural
characteristics
By human
characteristics
By
??????
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