Geo = Earth + Graphy = Drawing/Recording Geography Geo = Earth + Graphy = Drawing/Recording

Mercator Projection

What’s wrong with Mercator? The North is 18.9 million square miles. The South is 38.6 million square miles.

What’s wrong with Mercator? Greenland: 0.8 million sq. miles Africa: 11.6 million sq. miles

What’s wrong with Mercator? Greenland is 0.8 million square miles. China is 3.7 million square miles.

What’s wrong with Mercator? The former Soviet Union is 8.7 million square miles. Africa is 11.6 million square miles.

What’s wrong with Mercator? Europe is 3.8 million square miles. South America is 6.9 million square miles.

Robinson Projection

Peters Projection

Homolosine Projection

Dymaxion Projection

Dymaxion Projection

What other choices affect how we view the world?

Centering: Americas

Centering: Europe/Africa (aka Prime Meridian)

Centering: Asia/Pacific

Continents… Wait, what???

Antarctica (not pictured) Four Continent System Americas Afro-Eurasia Australia Antarctica (not pictured)

Antarctica (not pictured) Five Continent System Americas Eurasia Africa Australia Antarctica (not pictured)

Antarctica (not pictured) Six Continent System North America Eurasia Africa South America Australia Antarctica (not pictured)

Map of the world divided into 7 regions equal in population

OK Mr. Dwyer, what do I REALLY need to know???

Official World Continents

Official World Regions

Water Regions Too…

Other important Geographic Features

Barriers

Highways

(to “civilized”people) But Most Important… (to “civilized”people)

Now Let’s Put This Knowledge to Work Take out something to write with and a piece of paper No, this is not for points!

Name a modern country in: North Africa South Asia The Mediterranean Basin The Tigris/Euphrates Basin Central Asia Latin America The Indus River basin The Middle East

Give geographic labels (continent/region/basin) to these countries China India Egypt Mexico Italy Canada Thailand Australia

Name a modern country in: North Africa – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt (Egypt counts as many things!) South Asia – Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh The Mediterranean Basin – Spain, France, Italy, MaltaCroatia, Bosnia, Montengro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco The Tigris/Euphrates Basin – Iraq, Kuwait, Syria Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia Latin America – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Niaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina The Indus River basin – Pakistan, India The Middle East – Egypt (AGAIN!), Isreal, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia

Give geographic labels to these countries China – Asia, East Asia, Pacific, South China Sea, Huang He, Yangzi India – Asia, South Asia, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indus, Ganges Egypt – Africa, North Africa/Middle East, Mediterranean, Red Sea, Nile Mexico – North America, Latin America, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Italy – Europe, Southern Europe, Mediterranean Canada – North America, Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic Thailand – Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, South China Sea Australia – Australia, Oceania, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

Changes in History!

BC/AD or BCE/CE? BCE = BC CE = AD Dating Systems BC/AD or BCE/CE? BCE = BC CE = AD

Historiography

Which Afro-Eurasians discovered the New World first?

Types of History

“Great Man” History Political History Economic History

Cultural / Religious History Environmental History Social History Cultural / Religious History Environmental History

What’s the right answer?

Interaction (with Environment) Cultural Economic Why not use them all? S P I C E Social Political Interaction (with Environment) Cultural Economic