1. Using Cornell Notes Cornell Notes Left Side Main Topic Questions
Pictures
Right Side
Notes
Highlight/Underline Important Terms
Pictures
Use lines to separate ideas/topics

2. Geography Five Themes Location – Where is this place located
Place – How is this area different from others
Human/Environment Interaction – How is this area different from others
Movement – How has movement changed this
place?
Region – What is special about the region in
which the city is located.

3. Geography Hemispheres Any one of four overlapping halves of Earth
Northern/Southern Hemisphere
Separated by the equator
Equator divides the N and S Hemisphere and is located at 0° Latitude
Eastern/Western Hemisphere
Separated by the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian divides the E and w Hemisphere and is located at 0° Longitude

4. Geography Latitude & Longitude Latitude Run east/west around the earth
Also called parallels
Equator is longest latitude line at 0° latitude
Latitudes go to 90° either north or south
Longitude
Run north/south around the earth
Also called Meridians
Prime Meridian is at 0° longitude
Prime Meridian is also known as the Greenwich Meridian
Longitudes go to 360° circling the earth

5. Geography
Tropical Zone – located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Located at 23.5° N Latitude
Zones of Latitude
Arctic Circle
Located above 66.5° N Latitude
Antarctic Circle
Located below 66.5° S Latitude
Temperate Zones – there are two
One is located between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer
The second is located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle

6. Geography Seasons Seasons are caused by two things;
Rotation of Earth around the sun
Tilt of the Earth axis is 23.5°
The axis is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth connecting the north and south poles.

7. Geography Political Maps show cities, states, and countries
Physical Maps
Physical Maps show landforms and bodies of water.

8. Geography
Distribution Maps show the patterns of something spread out over an area
Distribution Maps
Population Density Maps show the number of people living in a square mile of land
Population Density Maps

9. Geography Map Elements Compass Rose
A pointer for cardinal directions; north, south, east, and west.
Key
Is the box in which a maps symbols are explained.
Keys are also used to show elevation or land height on physical maps using color coding.
Scale
Helps you estimate real directions on Earth