Maps and Location Identification Countries (states), regions, & USA “states” 1

South America 2

Political Map of South America *Include Galapagos Islands & Straits of Magellan on your map 3

Middle America, Central America, & Caribbean 4

Latin America Blank Map 5

Central Asia (“-stan” countries) REGIONS of ASIA 6

7 Purple: Northern Asia Blue: Central Asia Dark Brown: Middle East Tan: East Asia Red/Pink: South East Asia Green: South Asia

East & Southeast Asia Regions 8

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Region known as South Asia 10

The Mid-East (or SW Asian) Countries 11

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Middle East/North Africa Region (w/ Israel Inset) 13

Israeli (in Middle East) Territory Annexation (Occupation) History 14

North Africa/Middle East (SW Asia) Practice Map 15

Practice map for SE Asia 16

East & South Asia (& some Central Asia) Practice Map 17

Eurasia 18

Eastern Hemisphere (but parts of Africa left off) 19

Which is a(n).. A..cartogram?..chloropleth map?..economic map? B C 20

Scale 21

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Modern Greece 23

Eastern European Countries 24

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Balkan Countries: What goes into the  small white area NW of Macedonia?? 26

Another View of the Volatile Balkans: A European Powder Keg 27

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Climate regions of Africa 30

Landforms of Africa 31

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Some Island nations off of Western coast of Africa 33

World’s Newest Country: South Sudan Sometimes shown as Southern Sudan 34

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East Timor 38

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Above: 3 basic shapes of maps 3 circular maps are all Azimuthal 40

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Outline Maps Following this slide are various OUTLINE maps you may print out and use to practice with 49

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Europe 52

Africa 53

5 Themes of Geography 1.Location: absolute (mathematical: latitude/longitude): exact specific place relative: where is it in relation to other things/places (near China, w/ access to various water routes) 54

2. Human/Environment Interaction 55

3. Region 56

4. Place 57

5. Movement 58