GEOGRAPHY WORLD

Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude

Continents NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA AUSTRALIA EUROPE ASIA ANTARCTICA

COUNTRIES – are part of continents SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

STATES – are part of countries SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

Parishes or counties – are part of states

cities/towns are part of parishes or counties ASIA

CONTINENT COUNTRY STATE PARISH/COUNTY CITY/TOWN

Mountains BIGGEST formed by plates colliding

WATER ATLANTIC PACIFIC Gulf of Mexico MISSISSIPPI RIVER

WATER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands formed by running water formed by glaciers formed by volcanoes

MAP GRID

Political map shows boundaries

Physical map shows landforms and water

Elevation map shows elevation of area in comparison to sea level

Population map shows areas of high and low population

Natural Resource map shows where 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

NORTHSOUTH Climate very cold winters; a lot of snow hot Summers Climate mild winters very hot summers near water, wet & humid

REGIONS DESERT PLAINS mountains tundra rainforest

REGIONS CACTUS GRASSLANDS THICK FORESTS PALM TREES CYPRESS TREES

HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND IRRIGATION DUST BOWL & pesticide s CUTTING TREES LEVEES DRAINING SWAMPS MINING

U.S. LANGUAGES ALL 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 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 FARMING LUMBER tourism oil tourism coal

NATURAL DISASTERS OF REGIONS EARTHQUAKES HURRICANES & FLOODS TORNADOES volcanoes& tsunamis tsunamis

Region Overview PhysicalEconomicVegetationNatural Disasters Northeastmountains forests coastline fishing shipping tourism thick forestssome tornadoes Southeastwetlands gulf coast fishing shipping oil Cypress trees Palm trees hurricanes floods Midwestplains Great Lakes agriculturegrasslandstornadoes Southwestdeserts Grand Canyon oilcactussome tornadoes Westernmountains tundra rainforest fishing shipping tourism lumber Palm trees thick forests earthquakes tsunamis

MIGRATION Colonists – Pilgrims, Puritans – mainly religious freedom LATER : Irish – escape famine & Germans – escape political oppression EVEN LATER – WESTWARD EXPANSION due to LA PURCHASE, GOLD RUSH

COMMUNITIES RURALURBANSUBURBAN the “country”The “big city” a lot of people, tall buildings in-between more spread out, but still close to city farmsfactories / big businesses homes mainly, people work in urban city and live in suburban community early Americadiverse populationsless diverse – a lot of families