Transcript Geography2 - Paulding County Schools

GEOGRAPHY
WORLD
Hemispheres
EQUATOR
latitude
PRIME MERIDIAN
longitude
Continents
EUROPE
NORTH
AMERICA
ASIA
AFRICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
ANTARCTICA
COUNTRIES – are part of continents
ASIA
SOUTH
AMERICA
STATES – are part of countries
ASIA
SOUTH
AMERICA
CONTINENT
COUNTRY
STATE
PARISH/COUNTY
CITY/TOWN
Mountains
BIGGEST
formed by
plates
colliding
WATER
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
PACIFIC
ATLANTIC
Gulf of
Mexico
WATER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, &
Hawaiian Islands
formed by
glaciers
formed by
running
water
formed by
volcanoes
MAP GRID
Political map
shows
boundaries
Physical map
shows
landforms
and
water
Elevation map
shows
elevation
of area in
comparison
to sea level
Population map
shows
areas of
high and
low
population
Natural Resource map
shows
where
resources
of an area
can be
found
Climate map
Map Key
Distance Scale
Compass rose
Remember: to determine the
direction of movement, you MUST be
careful of your starting location and
move from there.
Even though this line can go
northwest or southeast, YOU can
only go one direction on it –
depending on your starting point!
Practice Direction
Add in the Compass Rose Directions
NORTH
Climate
very cold winters; a lot of snow
hot Summers
SOUTH
Climate
mild winters
very hot summers
near water, wet & humid
REGIONS
PLAINS
tundra
rainforest
REGIONS
GRASSLANDS
CYPRESS
TREES
PALM
TREES
PALM
TREES
HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND
MINING
DUST
BOWL
&
pesticides
LEVEES
DRAINING
SWAMPS
U.S. LANGUAGES
ALL REGIONS MAINLY ENGLISH
Some
French
Some
Spanish
POPULATION OF REGIONS
BIG CITIES of New
York, Boston,
Philadelphia formed
because of Atlantic
coast = large
populations
High Population of
Hispanic due to
Mexican-American
War
ECONOMICS OF REGIONS
LUMBER
FARMING
oil
oil
tourism
tourism
NATURAL DISASTERS OF REGIONS
tsunamis
volcanoes&
tsunamis
Region Overview
Physical
Economic
Vegetation
Natural
Disasters
Northeast
mountains
forests
coastline
fishing
shipping
tourism
thick forests
some
tornadoes
Southeast
wetlands
gulf coast
fishing
shipping
oil
Cypress trees
Palm trees
hurricanes
floods
Midwest
plains
Great Lakes
agriculture
grasslands
tornadoes
Southwest
deserts
Grand Canyon
oil
cactus
some
tornadoes
Western
mountains
tundra
rainforest
fishing
shipping
tourism
lumber
Palm trees
thick forests
earthquakes
tsunamis
MIGRATION
EVEN LATER –
WESTWARD
EXPANSION
due to
LA
PURCHASE,
GOLD RUSH
COMMUNITIES
RURAL
URBAN
SUBURBAN
the “country”
The “big city”
a lot of people, tall
buildings
in-between
more spread out,
but still close to city
farms
factories / big
businesses
early America
homes mainly,
people work in
urban city and live
in suburban
community
diverse populations less diverse – a lot
of families