1. GEOGRAPHY
WORLD

2. Hemispheres
EQUATOR
latitude
PRIME MERIDIAN
longitude

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

4. COUNTRIES – are part of continents
ASIA
SOUTH AMERICA

5. STATES – are part of countries
ASIA
SOUTH AMERICA

6. CONTINENT
COUNTRY
STATE
PARISH/COUNTY
CITY/TOWN

7. formed by plates colliding
Mountains
BIGGEST

8. WATER
PACIFIC
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ATLANTIC
Gulf of Mexico

9. WATER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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

11. MAP GRID

12. Political map
shows
boundaries

13. Physical map
shows
landforms
and
water

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

15. Population map
shows
areas of high and low population

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

17. Climate map

18. Map Key

19. Distance Scale

20. 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!

21. Practice Direction Add in the Compass Rose Directions

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

23. REGIONS
mountains
PLAINS
mountains
DESERT
tundra
rainforest

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

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

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

27. 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

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

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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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