It should include 4-5 descriptors. Warm Up Write about your sense of place for Duluth High School based on your last week of school. It should include 4-5 descriptors. The map below is accurately representing relationships. What do you believe this map is stating? Read me!

5 Themes Review Where is it? How does this area have unity? Region Location Where is it? Absolute – exact Relative How does this area have unity? -Language, landforms, politics. What is it like there? Places have human and physical differences. How do people transport themselves, goods & ideas? Movement Place How do people use their surroundings? Human-Environment Interaction

Absolute Location History In America, the Land Ordinance of 1785 precisely mapped northwestern territories to encourage settlers to move west. Surveyed land AND a school! Yeehaw!

The 3 Types of Regions Formal Region (Uniform) Functional Region Homogenous in physical, political or cultural characteristics Functional Region the product of interactions and movements of various kinds. Perceptual Region reflects feelings and images rather than objective data – primarily in the minds of people

Identify these types of Regions based on the description: Broadcast area of a local television station – Functional An area where a majority of people practice Islam – Formal The “Sunbelt” – Formal Your “Hometown” – Perceptual

Warm Up 8-18-15 1. What types of thematic maps are shown? What do you believe each map is stating? Ecological footprint 3. Size of military Read me! 2. Net migration

Example of a Dot Map Back To Thematic Themes

Examples of Cartograms Back To Thematic Themes

Examples of Choropleth Maps Back To Thematic Themes

Mental Maps – Map formed from knowledge and experience within each person. Unique for every situation.

Back To Thematic Themes Examples of Flow Maps Back To Thematic Themes

Examples of Proportional Symbol Maps Soccer Stadiums Back To Thematic Themes

Examples of Isoline Maps

In an Isoline map the closer the lines are, the steeper the elevation change. See how this landscape is portrayed from a contour standpoint and what it looks like in actuality.

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. cartogram B. choropleth C. isoline D. dot E. proportional symbol

What type of thematic map is pictured below? A. cartogram B. choropleth C. isoline D. dot E. proportional symbol

Different Types of Thematic Maps Dot Maps – Dots are placed on the map to represent an event – these are great to show distribution. Cartograms – The size of a location is based on a particular defined characteristic – distortion is evident! Choropleth Maps – Each unit area is shaded or colored to suggest magnitude or intensity of the event. Cognitive/Mental Maps – Map used to show a person’s perception. Flow Maps – Map that shows movement often using arrows. Proportional Symbol Maps – Similar to dot maps – the size of the dot grows with increased value. Isoline Maps – Uses lines to show places where values are equal.

Warm Up 8-19-15 Region Video What phenomena are plotted? What type of maps? What patterns emerge? What types of regions is/are the US divided into? You need to clear your desk, get out a pencil and make sure your phone is NOT going to cause a disturbance.

Warm Up 8-20-15 Get out your completed Chapter 1 Reading Guide and study while I come around to check it.

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Climate and Vegetation Map Groups Get into your groups and discuss these questions then answer them on your presentation board Climate & Vegetation How are vegetation and climate related? 3 trends from the maps: The most densely populated places have what in common? Which regions/climates do humans avoid? Slogan/Jingle/Rap that summarizes the regions and where humans live. **Turn in your climate maps before you leave “Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry and too high” (Avoid extremes)