GEOGRAPHY REVIEW UNIT

GEOGRAPHY – THE STUDY OF THE EARTH & THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE ON IT & USE IT ENVIRONMENT – SURROUNDINGS IN WHICH PEOPLE, PLANTS, & ANIMALS LIVE

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY LOCATION DESCRIPTION OF PLACE HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION MOVEMENT REGION (PHYSICAL & CULTURAL FEATURES THAT DIFFER BETWEEN AREAS)

CONTINENTS & OCEANS CONTINENTS OCEANS NORTH AMERICA *ATLANTIC SOUTH AMERICA *PACIFIC AFRICA *INDIAN ASIA *ARCTIC ANTARCTICA *SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA EUROPE

HEMISPHERE – ½ OF THE EARTH NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EQUATOR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HEMISPHERE – ½ OF THE EARTH EQUATOR – IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST AND DIVIDES THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMSIPHERES

WESTERN HEMISPHERE PRIME MERIDIAN EASTERN HEMISPHERE PRIME MERIDIAN – IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS NORTH & SOUTH AND DIVIDES THE WESTERN AND EASTERN HEMISPHERES

TYPES OF MAPS POLITICAL – SHOWS COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CITIES, & OTHER POLITICAL FEATURES PHYSICAL – SHOWS THE NATURAL FEATURES OF THE EARTH (MTS, RIVERS) DISTRIBUTION – SHOWS THINGS LIKE RAINFALL, POPULATION, LANGUAGE, AND RELIGION SCALE – TELLS HOW MUCH SMALLER MAP DISTANCES ARE THAN REAL DISTANCES MAP KEY – EXPLAINS WHAT SYMBOLS STAND FOR

VOCABULARY LINES OF LATITUDE – (ALSO CALLED PARALLELS) IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN EAST AND WEST AND MEASURE THE DISTANCE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR LINES OF LONGITUDE –(ALSO CALLED MERIDIANS) IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH AND MEASURE THE DISTANCE EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN

FACTORS THAT AFFECT CLIMATE LATITUDE – how far away from the equator a place is located. The closer a place is to the equator the warmer it is. 2. ALTITUDE – the height above sea level. The higher up – the cooler it is. 3. OCEAN CURRENTS – warm currents heat the air above & cold currents cool the air above.