1. GEOGRAPHY WORLD

2. Hemispheres EQUATOR latitude PRIME MERIDIAN longitude

3. Continents NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA AUSTRALIA EUROPE ASIA ANTARCTICA

4. COUNTRIES – are part of continents SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

5. STATES – are part of countries SOUTH AMERICA ASIA

6. Parishes or counties – are part of states

7. cities/towns are part of parishes or counties ASIA

8. CONTINENT COUNTRY STATE PARISH/COUNTY CITY/TOWN

9. Mountains BIGGEST formed by plates colliding

10. WATER ATLANTIC PACIFIC Gulf of Mexico MISSISSIPPI RIVER

11. WATER MISSISSIPPI RIVER

12. Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands formed by running water formed by glaciers formed by volcanoes

13. MAP GRID

14. Political map shows boundaries

15. Physical map shows landforms and water

16. Elevation map shows elevation of area in comparison to sea level

17. Population map shows areas of high and low population

18. Natural Resource map shows where resources of an area can be found

19. Climate map

20. Map Key

21. Distance Scale

22. 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!

23. Practice Direction

24. NORTHSOUTH Climate very cold winters; a lot of snow hot Summers Climate mild winters very hot summers near water, wet & humid

25. REGIONS DESERT PLAINS mountains tundra rainforest

26. REGIONS CACTUS GRASSLANDS THICK FORESTS PALM TREES CYPRESS TREES

27. HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND IRRIGATION DUST BOWL & pesticide s CUTTING TREES LEVEES DRAINING SWAMPS MINING

28. U.S. LANGUAGES ALL REGIONS MAINLY ENGLISH Some Spanish Some French Some Spanish

29. POPULATION OF REGIONS BIG CITIES of New York, Boston, Philadelphia formed because of Atlantic coast = large populations DIVERSITY High Population of African Americans due to slavery High Population of Natives to reservations High Population of Hispanic due to Mexican-American War

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

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

32. Region Overview PhysicalEconomicVegetationNatural Disasters Northeastmountains forests coastline fishing shipping tourism thick forestssome tornadoes Southeastwetlands gulf coast fishing shipping oil Cypress trees Palm trees hurricanes floods Midwestplains Great Lakes agriculturegrasslandstornadoes Southwestdeserts Grand Canyon oilcactussome tornadoes Westernmountains tundra rainforest fishing shipping tourism lumber Palm trees thick forests earthquakes tsunamis

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

34. COMMUNITIES RURALURBANSUBURBAN the “country”The “big city” a lot of people, tall buildings in-between more spread out, but still close to city farmsfactories / big businesses homes mainly, people work in urban city and live in suburban community early Americadiverse populationsless diverse – a lot of families