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Geography tries to represent the earth in?

A

Drawing

  • to better understand our planet
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The word geography comes from?

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Greek

Geo - Graphy

  • draw the earth
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What is the difficulty of placing the earth onto a map?

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  1. The earth is 3D sphere
  2. When placed onto a flat 2D surface the sphere is distorted
  3. We can try to accommodate for the distortions

** all maps will be distorted in some way **

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What are the two main branches of Geography?

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Physical Geography

Human Geography

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Physical Geography looks at?

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Physical features of the earth

  1. Mountains
  2. Oceans / Seas
  3. Rivers
  4. Biome - Desert/Tundra/rainforest/temperature
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What is Human Geography?

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  1. Where people live
  2. Patterns of migration
  3. Countries
  4. Cities / States
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What do Geographers use to describe the location of various features of the Earth?

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  1. Ordinal Directions

North, South, East, West

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Geographers also use ______ to describe locations on the earth?

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  1. Latitude “Parallels” - Parallel

___________________ North
___________________ Equator
___________________ South

  1. Longitude - East or West
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   Prime
 Meridian
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What is the Prime Meridian? Where does it run through?

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The starting point for
east and west - longitude

Grenich, England

** we can start here then head east or west to determine location

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What is located 180* degrees opposite of the Prime Meridian?

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International Date Line

  • line of longitude
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What does the International Date Line do?

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  1. When we cross it

2. It changes to the next day

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Why is the date of

political map - map showing countries

important?

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Political Geography changes as countries:

  • change their borders
  • expand
  • are created
  • becomes apart of another country
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What is a region?

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A place where there are some

Similar characteristics
1. Political -

Ex. Eastern Europe
2. Historical

  1. Physical

Ex. Hawaiian Islands / Caribbean Islands

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What is a Continent?

What are they?

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Largest sections of Land

  1. Africa
  2. Antarctica
  3. Asia
  4. Australia
  5. Europe
  6. North America
  7. South America
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Tasmania / New Zealand is considered to be apart of ?

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Australia

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What is the only continent without any countries?

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Antarctica

** so South and so cold

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Africa has a wide variety of?

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Countries

Northern - Egypt
Middle - Niger
Southern - South Africa

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Where are the Himalayas? What is a fact about them? What is the largest mountain in the Himalayas?

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Tallest Mountain Range in the world

Mt. Everest

North of India - Asia - spans thru several countries

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What is the tallest peak in the Alps?

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Mt. Blanc

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Where are the Alps located?

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Europe - span thru several countries

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What is the second tallest Mt. Range in the world?

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Andes Mts.

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Where are the Andes Mts. located?

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Along the west coast of South America

Argentina & Chile

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What is the largest mountain range in North America?

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Rocky Mts.

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What is the tallest peak in The Rocky Mts?

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Mt. Elbert

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Where is the Mediterrean seA?

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Surrounded by land in Europe

South of Europe

North of Northern Africa

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How do you get out of the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic?

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Strait of Gibraltar

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What connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea? Thus connecting what continents?

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Suez Canal connects Europe and Asia

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Where is the Red Sea?

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  • Off of the coast of Saudi Arabia (Arabian Peninsula)

- Between the coast of Africa & the Middle East

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Where is the South China Sea?

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  • Located in the Pacific Ocean

Stretches from Singapore
Along the coast of Asia

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Where is the Nile River?

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Passes thru nine different countries

Most notably: Egypt

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What is the longest River in the world?

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The Nile River

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What is the interesting fact of the Nile River?

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It flows from South to North into the Mediterranean Sea via the Nile Delta

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What is the second longest river in the world?

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Amazon River - Located in South America

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