Maps Ancient Civ.. Geography Warm-Up #1 – What is geography? – Why is it important that we study...

Maps

Ancient Civ.

Geography

• Warm-Up #1– What is geography?– Why is it important that we study geography in

Ancient Civ.?

Five Themes of Geography

1. Location2. Regions3. Place4. Movement5. Interaction

Location

• Answers the question: “Where?”• 2 types of locations:– Absolute: exact address– Relative: where something is in reference to

another

Regions

• Areas that share at least one common feature• Examples of regions:

a. Countries, states, cities, politicsb. Climate and culture

• What is Hawaii’s region?

Place

• Identifies the natural and human features that make each place different from another

• Examples of features: landforms, climate, plants, animals, people, language or culture

Movement and interaction

• Movement– Answers the question: “How do people, goods and

ideas move from place to place?”

• Interaction– Relationship between people and the

environment

Homework

• Read pagesM4 and M5 and complete worksheet

Warm-Up

• 1. List the 5 different themes of geography and briefly describe TWO of them.

Latitude and Longitude

• Latitude is: – The most famous example is the – One degree of latitude represents about a

distance of • Longitude is:– What is the

Warm-up

Read pageM8-M9.1. Describe each of the following briefly:

1. Compass rose2. Key3. Scale4. Locator globe

Using Maps

Different Types of Maps

• Political Maps (M10)• Physical Maps(M11)• Special-Purpose Maps – Climate – Language

• Human migration• Land-use

What type maps are these?

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