Geography Points for Hospitality and Tourism Principles of Hospitality and Tourism Risa McCann

Map or Globe?  The best way to look at travel destinations is to look at a globe.  Flat maps distort the world

Lines, Lines, Lines  Equator – an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both the north and south poles dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0˚  Hemispheres – ½ of the earth, North and South or East and West  Latitude lines – the angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator  Longitude lines – the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England

Land masses  Continents are the largest masses of land; there are 7 continents  Islands are surrounded by water on all sides  Mountains are outcroppings of rock and soil, some are volcanic.  Peninsulas and capes are projections of land into water and have water on three sides of the projection; capes are smaller

Time?  The world is divided into 24 Time Zones that tend to parallel the longitude lines  International date line is an imaginary line that goes north and south through the Pacific Ocean. One day is on the east side of the line and the following day is on the west side.  From Houston, TX traveling east to Europe time is later. 8 AM in Houston is 3 PM in Norway.  From Houston, TX traveling west to California time is earlier. 8 AM in Houston is 5 AM in Los Angeles

Water  Oceans are the largest bodies of water all interconnected – Atlantic, Pacific, Artic and Indian Oceans  Seas are the next to largest body of water and are open to or sometimes a part of an Ocean  Gulfs are large areas of water that penetrate into land such as the Gulf of Mexico  Lakes usually have fresh water and are surrounded by land  Rivers are large streams of water that empty into other bodies of water

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