August 1, 2017 Take out your notebook for notes, ESPN highlighters, and pencil Map Projections and Cornell Notes HW: signed syllabus by Friday USA States Map due 8/16 Map Quiz 8/16 1

Mental Map

WEST WING & Vox clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX-PrBRtTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIID5FDi2JQ

Cornell Notes 1 5 Highlight with ESPN colors 6 Summarize ESPN Info on the left 2 3 4

Globes vs. Maps Globe- A scale model of the Earth Map- a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet. 5

Projections Planar Cylindrical Conic 6

Distorts the poles and squeezes the tropics Mercator Projection Distorts the poles and squeezes the tropics

Robinson Projection Shows land masses with nearly accurate size Land masses at poles are flattened

Peter Projection Claims to be most accurate

Physical Map 10

Political Map 11

Thematic 12

August 3, 2017 Get out stuff for notes (notebook, pencil, highlighters) Five Themes of Geography HW: Signed syllabus due Friday

Location Location Absolute or relative Absolute measured by longitude & latitude Relative is in relation to other places Exact location of a specific place 14

Determining Location Latitude- East to West Longitude- North to South Absolute Location 15

Place Description of a location Physical or human Land, climate, bodies of water, animals, plants are physical Languages, religions, populations, jobs are human characteristics 16

Human/Environment Interaction Study of people and their relationship with their environment Changes to environments Adapt to environments 17

Adaptation vs. modification Adaptation: When humans change themselves to survive in an environment Ex: clothing, type of homes, modes of transportation Modification: When humans change their environment to suit their needs Dams, terraced farming, irrigation, deforestation, etc.

Movement How people, ideas, and goods are linked together around the Earth Movement is exchange of ideas to new locations to change that culture Migrations of People Goods moving into new areas change the way things are done 19

Regions Physical has to do with commonalities of land Multiple areas with something in common Physical or human Physical has to do with commonalities of land Human has to do with commonalities of people Languages, Religions, Practices… 20