JOURNAL #3

• Absolute location – a unique or exact position of something on the Earth’s surface

• Relative location – a position on the Earth’s surface relative to other locations

• Grid – a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines

• Patent – the exclusive right to make or sell an invention

• When you are done with these definitions get out your notes packet and do question #1

ANNOUNCEMENTS

•Your states/capitals and physical features maps are due TOMORROW!

•Remember to bring back your green 2nd Chance sheets

G - 2

MAPPING

• "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.“

• Thomas Edison

QUOTE OF THE DAY

THOMAS EDISON (1847 – 1931)• Married 16 year old Mary Stillwell

in 1871• Married 20 year old Mina Miller in

1886• Awarded more than 1,000

patents• Invented the phonograph,

practical electric lighting, and the kinetoscope– Bright idea while in Wyoming– Someone knocked a bamboo fishing

pole into the campfire– Edison put bamboo filaments into his

light bulbs for many years

• “War of Currents” vs. Nikola Tesla– AC vs. DC

GEOGRAPHY WRITING PROMPT

• Draw a map of a place that you are familiar with, include a compass rose and label at least 3 important features of your place

BONUS QUESTIONS

• What are the two branches of geography?

• What ocean borders the East Coast of the United States?

• What are the five themes of geography?

• What country has a larger population the United States or China?

HOW DO WE ORGANIZE THE GLOBE?

• Lines running east-west and north-south circle the globe and create a grid• Lines of latitude are called parallels• Lines of longitude are called meridians

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

• Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees• Latitude is measured in degrees from the equator• Longitude is measured in degrees from the prime meridian

OTHER WAYS TO ORGANIZE THE GLOBE

• Hemispheres

• Continents

THE SEVEN CONTINENTS

MAKING MAPS

• Projections are used to show the round Earth on a flat map. • Can you think of any problems that this might create?

(hint: look at Greenland and Antarctica on the projection below)

OTHER MAP ELEMENTS

• Distance Scales

• Compass Rose

• Legend

• Inset maps

TYPES OF MAPS

• Climate Maps

TYPES OF MAPS

•Precipitation Maps•Population Maps•Economic Maps•Elevation Profiles•Topographic Maps

CLIMATE GRAPHS

Climate graphs show the average temperature and the average precipitation of a specific place

POPULATION PYRAMIDS

MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES

WHERE IS THE UNITED STATES ON A WORLD MAP?

WHERE IS THE U.S. ON A WORLD MAP?

• Absolute location: • Between 24 and 49 degrees N

latitude• Between 66 and 125 degrees

W longitude

• The U.S is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres

• The U.S. is on the continent of North America

• Relative location:• The U.S. is between Canada

and Mexico

A CLIMATE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

AN ELEVATION MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

CLIMATE GRAPHS – DO THE LAST QUESTION ON G-2 BEFORE CLASS