Transcript History and Geography

Bell Ringer 9/15/14
• Describe the Geography of Coos Bay.
Intro to Geography
Turn to page M1 in your text books
You should see the planet Earth
Vocabulary
• Absolute Location- Precise Location ex. 260 2nd Avenue Coos Bay,
OR 97420
• Relative Location- Telling a location by referring to another place.
Ex. I live in between Fred Meyer and Taco Bell.
• Latitude-Imaginary lines that run east to west.
• Longitude- Imaginary lines that run North to South.
• Equator-Latitude line that separates the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres.
Vocabulary
• Prime Meridian- Divides the globe between
the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
• Compass Rose- Place on a map that
indicates the directions N,S,E,W.
• Key- Show symbols and colors used on a
map, and what each one means.
• Title-The subject of a map.
• Scale bar-Helps you find actual distances
between points on a map.
Global Grid
• Grid using the
latitudes and
longitudes
• Using coordinates you
can find any place on
earth
• 43.3764° N, 124.2372°
W is Coos Bay
Five Themes of Geography
1.Location
2.Regions
3.Movement
4.Place
5.Interaction
Location
• Where is it?
• Absolute Location
vs. Relative Location
Regions
• Areas that share a
common feature.
• We are in the Political
region of the United
States, but are part of
the Oregon coastal
region with Lincoln
City.
Place
• Natural and Human features
that makes one place
different from another
• Landforms, climate, plants,
animals, people, language,
culture, ways humans change
their environment
• Ex. The forest is peaceful
and quiet. The farmland
helps us grow food.
Movement
• “How do people,
goods, and ideas
move from place to
place?”
• What happens in one
place often affects
another.
Interaction
• The relationship between
people and the
environment.
• When we live in an area,
we usually begin to
change it.
• Ex. We cut down trees
to make a school, we
built a dam to make a
river.
“Five themes of
geography”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNz0jAPQ_tU
Bell Ringer
• What is this a map of?
• How does it make you feel?
• Why does the map look like this?
How does this map make you feel?
Different maps can have different purposes!
The world based of population
Locator Globe
• Many maps are shown with locator
globes.
• They show where on the globe the
area of the map is located
Political Maps
• Shows political borders
• Countries, states, counties, etc.
• Colors don’t signify anything besides
making it easier to read
Physical Maps
• What a region looks like by showing
its major physical features.
• Elevation
• Height of land above sea level
• Relief
• How sharply lands rise or fall
Special Purpose Maps
• Examples could include Language,
Climate, Religion, Trade, etc.
• In Special Purpose maps it is
important to check the map key.