What is Geography?

Unit 1

The World in Spatial Terms

What is location?Location- a specific place on earthAbsolute location

The exact position of a place on the earth’s surface

Relative Location Location in relation to other places

The World in Spatial Terms

The Equator Separates the earth into Northern and Southern

Hemispheres Is midway between the North Pole and the

South PoleThe Prime Meridian

Separates the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

The 0o runs through Greenwich, England 180o runs through the mid-Pacific Ocean

The World in Spatial Terms

The World in Spatial Terms

The World in Spatial Terms

Practice with Absolute and Relative Locations

Use pages RA2-RA31 to find the Absolute and Relative location on the handout

Quiz Use pages RA2-RA31 to Identify the Locations

Locations Quiz Directions: Write the name

of the capital which best fits the coordinates listed below. 1. 45N, 76W 2. 1S, 37E 3. 15N, 91W 4. 56N, 38E 5. 39N, 9W 6. 2N, 45E 7. 34N, 36E 8. 4S, 15E 9. 11N, 67W 10. 35S, 149 E

Relative Locations Directions: You are stating

the relative direction of location A from location B. 1. Canada to Australia 2. Cuba to Florida 3. Paraguay to Uruguay 4. Indonesia to New Guinea 5. Venezuela to Colombia 6. Afghanistan to Iran 7. Turkey to Mongolia 8. Japan to Egypt 9. India to Russia 10. Ireland to Finland

Quiz Use pages RA2-RA31 to Identify the Locations

Locations Quiz Directions: Write the name

of the capital which best fits the coordinates listed below. 1. 6s, 107E 2. 1S, 37E 3. 50N, 15E 4. 56N, 38E 5. 19N, 72W 6. 2N, 45E 7. 43N, 18E 8. 4S, 15E 9. 25N, 122E 10. 52N, 0

Relative Locations Directions: You are stating

the relative direction of location A from location B. 1. Tasmania to Australia 2. Cuba to Florida 3. Paraguay to Uruguay 4. Indonesia to New Guinea 5. Chile to Venezuela 6. Saudi Arabia to Iraq 7. Turkey to China 8. Japan to Egypt 9. India to Russia 10. Ireland to Morocco

Chapter 2 Assessment and Activities Reviewing Key

Terms1. Atmosphere,

lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere

2. Accretion

3. Continental drift

4. Aquifer

5. Fold

6. Condensation

7. Magma

8. Precipitation

9. Fault

10. Plate tectonics

11. Evaporation

12. Erosion

Reviewing Facts1. Terrestrial, gas

giants

2. Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains

3. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

4. Movement of plates

5. Water cycle

6. Liquid, vapor, clouds, precipitation, surface runoff

Critical Thinking1. Internal forces

cause rising of landforms and can be dramatic and sudden; external forces usually wear away landforms and are usually slow

2. Plants and animals tend to be found where freshwater is abundant, soils are fertile, temperatures are moderate or warm, and the landscape is not too rugged or high in elevation

3. I will check

Locating Places

1.B 2.E 3.G 4.C 5.H 6.D 7.I 8.J 9.F 10.A

Earth-Sun Relationship Weather vs. Climate

Weather- condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time

Climate- weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time

What do you think of when I ask you to describe a desert?

Earth-Sun Relationship

Earth-Sun Relationship

Ideas to Understand Axis: 23.5o

Rotation vs. Revolution Equinox and Solstice The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn: 23.5o N

and S respectively Poles and light received

Earth-Sun Relationship

Earth-Sun Relationship

Wind Patterns

Prevailing WindsDoldrumsCoriolis Effect

Chapter 4 Assessment and Activity

Do all of page 98. In order to do this, you will need to read through chapter 4 which starts on page 74.

Chapter 4 Assessment and ActivitiesReviewing Key Terms

Population: a, c, p

Cultures: b, e, f, h, k

Political and Economic Systems: g, j, l, m, n

Resources, Trade, and Environment: d, i, o

Reviewing Facts1. Population growth increases

demand on resources and the environment

2. Greater economic opportunity

3. Language, religion, social groups, government, economy

4. Internal: new ideas, lifestyles, inventions; External: trade migration, war

5. Totalitarian dictatorship, absolute monarchy

6. Market economy: freedom of choice in buying and selling, right to make and keep profits; Command economy: social security, equal access to resources and services

7. Renewable resources can be replaced; Nonrenewable cannot

8. Advances in technology, transportation, communications; freedom of trade; need to manage resources; environmental concerns

Critical Thinking1. The hunting and

sharing of food rested on ancestral traditions

2. Regions make it easier to study and compare cultural developments; human factors include language, government, economic activities, social groups, and religion

3. I will Check; Should deal with understanding responsibilities placed on individual citizens

Locating Places

1.F 2.A 3.D 4.E 5.G 6.I 7.H 8.J 9.B 10.C

AHS Map

What are the most densely populated areas in the school at 7:35am? 8:00am?

Discuss the population distributions within the school compared with the area of the school. (use pg: 77)

Discuss the migration of the AHS population from 7:35 to 8:00. What causes this migration?

World Map pg: 78

What are the most densely populated areas in the world?

Discuss the population distributions on the earth. What causes humans to live where they do?

Discuss human migration. What leads humans to migrate?