WORLD WORLD GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY

USE YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZERUSE YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

• Study of everything on Earth, from rocks and Study of everything on Earth, from rocks and rainfall to people and placesrainfall to people and places

• Study how natural environment influences Study how natural environment influences peoplepeople

• Study how people’s activities affect EarthStudy how people’s activities affect Earth• Study how world is changingStudy how world is changing• Important part is perspective (the way a Important part is perspective (the way a

person looks at something)person looks at something)

MAP ESSENTIALSMAP ESSENTIALS

• Maps are Maps are visual representations visual representations of of geographic informationgeographic information

• Standard ways that maps show informationStandard ways that maps show information– SymbolsSymbols– ColorColor– LinesLines– BoundariesBoundaries– ContoursContours

What are the parts of the map that you see?

Why are they important?

MAP ELEMENTS: COMPASS MAP ELEMENTS: COMPASS ROSEROSE

• Directional indicator (shows directions) Directional indicator (shows directions) identifies orientationidentifies orientation

• Most common is the Most common is the compass rosecompass rose– Cardinal directionsCardinal directions• north, south, east and westnorth, south, east and west

– Intermediate directionsIntermediate directions• northeast, southeast, northwest, southwestnortheast, southeast, northwest, southwest

MAP ELEMENTS: SCALEMAP ELEMENTS: SCALE• Used to Used to represent represent

distances distances between between points on a mappoints on a map

• Areas can be Areas can be represented using a represented using a variety of scalesvariety of scales

• Amount of detail Amount of detail shown on a map is shown on a map is dependent on the dependent on the scale usedscale used

MAP ELEMENTS: LEGENDMAP ELEMENTS: LEGEND

• Explains what the symbols meanExplains what the symbols mean• Also called a Also called a KeyKey

LINES OF LATITUDELINES OF LATITUDE• East-west lines East-west lines

which measure which measure distances north distances north and south of and south of the the equatorequator

• Measured in Measured in degreesdegrees

• Also called Also called parallelsparallels

LINES OF LONGITUDELINES OF LONGITUDE

• North-south North-south lines which lines which measure measure distances east distances east and west of the and west of the Prime MeridianPrime Meridian

• Measured in Measured in degreesdegrees

• Also called Also called meridiansmeridians

• Leave the Types of Maps section of your graphic organizer blank. We will come back to that next week.