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. 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. formed by plates colliding
Mountains
BIGGEST

10. WATER
PACIFIC
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ATLANTIC
Gulf of Mexico

11. WATER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER

12. Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, & Hawaiian Islands
formed by glaciers
formed by running water
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. NORTH SOUTH Climate very cold winters; a lot of snow hot Summers
mild winters
very hot summers
near water, wet & humid

25. REGIONS
mountains
PLAINS
mountains
DESERT
tundra
rainforest

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

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

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
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

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

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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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