GEOGRAPHY

WORLD

Hemispheres

EQUATORlatitude

PRIME MERIDIANlongitude

Continents

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

AFRICA

AUSTRALIA

EUROPEASIA

ANTARCTICA

COUNTRIES – are part of continents

SOUTH AMERICA

ASIA

STATES – are part of countries

SOUTH AMERICA

ASIA

counties – are part of states

cities/towns are part of counties

ASIA

CONTINENTCOUNTRYSTATECOUNTYCITY/TOWN

MountainsBIGGEST

formed by plates

colliding

WATER

ATLANTIC

PACIFIC

Gulf of Mexico

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

WATER

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands

formed by running water

formed by glaciers

formed by volcanoes

MAP GRID

Political map

showsboundaries

Physical map

showslandformsand water

Elevation map

showselevationof area in comparison to sea level

Population map

showsareas of high and low population

Natural Resource map

showswhere resources of an area can be found

Climate map

Map Key

Distance Scale

Compass rose

Remember: to determine the direction of movement, you MUST be careful of your starting location and move from there.

Even though this line can go northwest or southeast, YOU can only go one direction on it – depending on your starting point!

Practice Direction

NORTH SOUTHClimate very cold winters; a lot of snowhot Summers

Climatemild wintersvery hot summersnear water, wet & humid

REGIONS

DESERT

PLAINS

mountains

mou

ntai

ns

tundra

rainforest

REGIONS

CACTUS

GRASSLANDS

THICK

FORESTS

THICK

FOREST

S

PALM TREESPALM

TREES

CYPRESS TREES

HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND

IRRIGATION

DUST BOWL

& pesticid

es

CUTTIN

G TR

EES

CUTT

IN

G

TREE

S

LEVEES

DRAINING SWAMPS

MINING

U.S. LANGUAGESALL REGIONS MAINLY ENGLISH

Some Spanish Some French

Some Spanish

POPULATION OF REGIONS

BIG CITIES of New York, Boston, Philadelphia formed because of Atlantic coast = large populations

DIVERSITY

DIVERSITY

High Population of

African Americans

due to slavery

High Population of

Natives to reservations

High Population of

Hispanic due to

Mexican-American

War

ECONOMICS OF REGIONS

Fishing & Shipping

Fish

ing

& S

hipp

ing

Fishing & Shipping

FARMING

LUMBER

tourism

tourism

tour

ism

oil

oil

tourism

coal

NATURAL DISASTERS OF REGIONS

EARTHQ

UAKES

HURRICANES& FLOODS

TORNADOES

volcanoes& tsunamis

tsunamis

Region OverviewPhysical Economic Vegetation Natural

Disasters

Northeast mountainsforestscoastline

fishingshippingtourism

thick forests some tornadoes

Southeast wetlandsgulf coast

fishingshippingoil

Cypress treesPalm trees

hurricanesfloods

Midwest plainsGreat Lakes

agriculture grasslands tornadoes

Southwest desertsGrand Canyon

oil cactus some tornadoes

Western mountainstundrarainforest

fishingshippingtourismlumber

Palm treesthick forests

earthquakestsunamis

MIGRATION

Colo

nist

s – P

ilgrim

s, P

urita

ns

– m

ainl

y re

ligio

us fr

eedo

m

LATER : Irish –

escape famine &

Germans – escape

political

oppression

EVEN LATER – WESTWARD EXPANSION

due toLA

PURCHASE,GOLD RUSH

COMMUNITIES

RURAL URBAN SUBURBAN

the “country” The “big city”a lot of people, tall buildings

in-betweenmore spread out, but still close to city

farms factories / big businesses

homes mainly, people work in urban city and live in suburban community

early America diverse populations less diverse – a lot of families