Geography

What is Geography? “the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities.” Oxford Dictionary Online Geography is the study of the physical world, and our place in it. The study of how we affect the environment, and how it affects us.

Geography: What is it? How do we use it? What are the types of geography?   Physical – we will study the land of Canada Human – we will study how Canadians settled on the land and used the land Environmental – we will the influence of weather Regional – we will focus on BC’s geography

The world is a vast and diverse place . . .

The Sahara Desert

Egypt

The Countryside of England

Canadian Prairies

Swamp

Greece

Rice farms in Japan

The Canadian Arctic

Badland National Park (South Dakota)

Caribbean Sea

Everglades, Florida

Grasslands

Grand Canyon

Glaciers and Tornadoes

Freezing Rain

Iguazu Falls, South America

Mountain Ranges

Machu Picchu, Peru

Lightning

Temperate Rain Forest (BC)

Arctic Tundra

Volcano!

Yellowstone National Park

Tropical Rainforest

Budapest, Hungary

Vancouver

A round world becomes a flat map A round world becomes a flat map. The way the map is drawn makes a big difference in the accuracy of the map, and for our perspective.

These maps are very different. Which is better? More accurate?

What about this map? Is it really upside down?

Geography Review Notes What types of maps are there? Thematic maps: 1 purpose, ex. Population or world trade Political maps: shows boundaries like countries, provinces, and cities Physical maps: topographic maps

Thematic Maps This map shows world hunger rates

Religions of the World

Political Map: Canada

Geography Review Notes -large land mass that make up most of the surface of the earth (usually composed of multiple countries).   -major body of continuous salt water circling the globe. What are continents?   What are oceans?

Geography Review Notes What are the continents and oceans?  

Physical Maps: This is a Topographic Map it uses contour lines to show elevation

The contour lines on this topographic Map show a mountain

Geography Review Notes Title: type of map Legend: deciphers symbols on map Scale: The measurement on the map relative to the real world Because it is impossible to draw everything life size, scale allows us to see the whole. Statement scale: 1 cm : 3 km Representative scale: 1: 300 Linear scale: 0 10 20 30 40 Directions: compass Location: ex. Latitude and Longitude What will you find on a map?

Directions: The Compass Rose on the map show direction.

Geography Review Notes What are Lines of Latitude? What are they used for?   -artificial lines that run around the earth in an east west direction, but measure distances north south. also called parallels. Important ones: North Pole (90 N) Arctic Circle (66.5 N) Tropic of Cancer (23.5 N) Equator (0) Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 S)

Geography Review Notes -artificial lines that run around the earth in a north south direction, but measure distances east west. also called meridians. Important ones: Prime Meridian (0) International Date Line (180) What are Lines of Longitude?

Geography Review Notes What are lines of Longitude used for? Location Time zones There are 24 time zones, separated by Lines of Longitude The Prime Meridian is 0 and the home of Universal time (Greenwich Mean Time) The International Date line (180) is where 1 day becomes the next East = add hours West = subtract hours

World Time zone Map

Canadian time zone map

Latitude and Longitude

Geography Review Notes What are Hemispheres? The 4 quadrants of the earth divided into north, south, east, and west.

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