MS Studies Mrs. Bailey

I. Location (Where is it?) -absolute- lat./long. Or a street address -Relative- direction, time, distance, landmarks II. Place- characteristics (what’s it like?) -Human- language, religion, population, etc. -Physical- climate, physical features, etc. III. Human Environment Interaction (H.E.I.) -adapt to it -change it -depend on it

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church MS River Flood Harvesting Catfish on a catfish farm

IV. Movement -information/ideas -people (migrations) -goods V. Region -formal (state, country, or city boundaries) -functional (newspaper service area, cell phone service area) A barge moving cargo on the MS River

The geographical regions of Mississippi

I. Climate- what the weather like over a period of time? Mississippi has a ____________ climate What does this mean??? -More than 50 inches of rain a year II. Temperature- how hot or cold it is -Average summer temperature- -January is the coldest month of the year

III. Precipitation- rain, sleet, snow hail Average- When? IV. Natural Hazards- storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, floods -Most devastating tornado -Most devastating hurricane -Most devastating flood

Flood of 1927 Natchez Tornado of 1840 Hurricane Katrina 2005