GEOGRAPHY WORLD

Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude

Continents ASIA EUROPE NORTH AMERICA AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA

COUNTRIES – are part of continents ASIA SOUTH AMERICA

STATES – are part of countries ASIA SOUTH AMERICA

CONTINENT COUNTRY STATE PARISH/COUNTY CITY/TOWN

formed by plates colliding Mountains BIGGEST

WATER PACIFIC MISSISSIPPI RIVER ATLANTIC Gulf of Mexico

WATER MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands formed by glaciers formed by running water 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 Add in the Compass Rose Directions

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

REGIONS mountains PLAINS mountains DESERT tundra rainforest

REGIONS GRASSLANDS THICK FORESTS THICK FORESTS CACTUS CYPRESS TREES PALM TREES PALM TREES

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

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 High Population of Natives to reservations DIVERSITY DIVERSITY High Population of African Americans due to slavery High Population of Hispanic due to Mexican-American War

ECONOMICS OF REGIONS FARMING LUMBER tourism tourism Fishing & Shipping coal oil Fishing & Shipping oil tourism tourism

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

Region Overview Physical Economic Vegetation Natural Disasters Northeast mountains forests coastline fishing shipping tourism thick forests some tornadoes Southeast wetlands gulf coast oil Cypress trees Palm trees hurricanes floods Midwest plains Great Lakes agriculture grasslands tornadoes Southwest deserts Grand Canyon cactus Western tundra rainforest lumber earthquakes tsunamis

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

COMMUNITIES RURAL URBAN SUBURBAN the “country” The “big city” a lot of people, tall buildings in-between more spread out, but still close to city farms factories / big businesses homes mainly, people work in urban city and live in suburban community early America diverse populations less diverse – a lot of families