1. August 1, 2017
Take out your notebook for notes, ESPN highlighters, and pencil
Map Projections and Cornell Notes
HW: signed syllabus by Friday
USA States Map due 8/16
Map Quiz 8/16 1

2. Mental Map

3. WEST WING & Vox clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX-PrBRtTY

4. Cornell Notes 1 5 Highlight with ESPN colors
6 Summarize ESPN Info on the left 2 3 4

5. Globes vs. Maps Globe- A scale model of the Earth
Map- a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet. 5

6. Projections
Planar
Cylindrical
Conic 6

7. Distorts the poles and squeezes the tropics
Mercator Projection
Distorts the poles and squeezes the tropics

8. Robinson Projection Shows land masses with nearly accurate size
Land masses at poles are flattened

9. Peter Projection
Claims to be most accurate

10. Physical Map 10

11. Political Map 11

12. Thematic 12

13. August 3, 2017
Get out stuff for notes (notebook, pencil, highlighters)
Five Themes of Geography
HW: Signed syllabus due Friday

14. Location Location Absolute or relative
Absolute measured by longitude & latitude
Relative is in relation to other places
Exact location of a specific place 14

15. Determining Location Latitude- East to West Longitude- North to South
Absolute Location 15

16. Place Description of a location Physical or human
Land, climate, bodies of water, animals, plants are physical
Languages, religions, populations, jobs are human characteristics 16

17. Human/Environment Interaction
Study of people and their relationship with their environment
Changes to environments
Adapt to environments 17

18. Adaptation vs. modification
Adaptation: When humans change themselves to survive in an environment
Ex: clothing, type of homes, modes of transportation
Modification: When humans change their environment to suit their needs
Dams, terraced farming, irrigation, deforestation, etc.

19. Movement
How people, ideas, and goods are linked together around the Earth
Movement is exchange of ideas to new locations to change that culture
Migrations of People
Goods moving into new areas change the way things are done 19

20. Regions Physical has to do with commonalities of land
Multiple areas with something in common
Physical or human
Physical has to do with commonalities of land
Human has to do with commonalities of people
Languages, Religions, Practices… 20