1. Geography Review

2. Continents and Oceans

3. The Hemispheres

4. Latitude and Longitude
Latitude: measures how far North or how far South of the Equator something is located.
Longitude: measures how far East or how far West of the Prime Meridian something is located.

5. Europe Label the following on your map: France Spain Netherlands
Portugal
Russia
Italy
Germany
Poland
Austria

6. The Balkan Peninsula
Make an inference: Why might regional and global conflicts have started in the Balkan Peninsula?
Draw a circle on your map around the region of Europe known as the Balkan Peninsula.

7. England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom

8. Europe and Asia Borders
Draw the a line showing the borders of Europe and Asia on your map.

9. North and South America Border
Draw a line showing the border between North and South America.

10. World Religions
This year you will learn about European influence around the world. What can you infer about European influence based on this map?

11. The Middle East Which continent is the location of the Middle East?
Why do you think it is called the “Middle East?”

12. Asia Label the following on your map: China North Korea South Korea
Japan

13. Using the map, how does Geography affect the answers to these questions?
Why is North Korea choosing Guam to threaten?
Why is the U.S. putting pressure on China to get North Korea to stop making threats?
If the North Koreans shoot a missile at Guam or the United States, what major country in the Pacific would their missile shoot over?
North Korea and Guam

14. Geography Quiz on Friday, September 1
Be prepared to do the following:
Locate and identify the 7 continents.
Locate and identify the 4 oceans.
Locate on a map the divide between Europe/Asia, North/South America.
Label the 10 European countries identified on your map (including England).
Label the 4 Asian countries identified on your map.
Know the difference between lines of latitude and longitude.
Locate the Balkan Peninsula.
*You will have a word bank!