1. It should include 4-5 descriptors.
Warm Up
Write about your sense of place for Duluth High School based on your last week of school.
It should include 4-5 descriptors.
The map below is accurately representing relationships. What do you believe this map is stating?
Read me!

2. 5 Themes Review Where is it? How does this area have unity?
Region
Location
Where is it?
Absolute – exact
Relative
How does this area have unity?
-Language, landforms, politics.
What is it like there?
Places have human and physical differences.
How do people transport themselves, goods & ideas?
Movement
Place
How do people use their surroundings?
Human-Environment Interaction

3. Absolute Location History
In America, the Land Ordinance of 1785 precisely mapped northwestern territories to encourage settlers to move west.
Surveyed land AND a school! Yeehaw!

4. The 3 Types of Regions Formal Region (Uniform) Functional Region
Homogenous in physical, political or cultural characteristics
Functional Region
the product of interactions and movements of various kinds.
Perceptual Region
reflects feelings and images rather than objective data – primarily in the minds of people

5. Identify these types of Regions based on the description:
Broadcast area of a local television station – Functional
An area where a majority of people practice Islam – Formal
The “Sunbelt” – Formal
Your “Hometown” – Perceptual

6. Warm Up 8-18-15 1. What types of thematic maps are shown?
What do you believe each map is stating?
Ecological footprint 3.
Size of military
Read me! 2.
Net migration

9. Example of a Dot Map
Back To Thematic Themes

10. Examples of Cartograms
Back To Thematic Themes

11. Examples of Choropleth Maps
Back To Thematic Themes

12. Mental Maps – Map formed from knowledge and experience within each person. Unique for every situation.

13. Back To Thematic Themes
Examples of Flow Maps
Back To Thematic Themes

14. Examples of Proportional Symbol Maps
Soccer Stadiums
Back To Thematic Themes

15. Examples of Isoline Maps

16. In an Isoline map the closer the lines are, the steeper the elevation change. See how this landscape is portrayed from a contour standpoint and what it looks like in actuality.

17. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

18. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

19. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

20. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. dot B. choropleth C. isoline D. cartogram E. flow

21. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. cartogram
B. choropleth
C. isoline
D. dot
E. proportional
symbol

22. What type of thematic map is pictured below?
A. cartogram
B. choropleth
C. isoline
D. dot
E. proportional
symbol

23. Different Types of Thematic Maps
Dot Maps – Dots are placed on the map to represent an event – these are great to show distribution.
Cartograms – The size of a location is based on a particular defined characteristic – distortion is evident!
Choropleth Maps – Each unit area is shaded or colored to suggest magnitude or intensity of the event.
Cognitive/Mental Maps – Map used to show a person’s perception.
Flow Maps – Map that shows movement often using arrows.
Proportional Symbol Maps – Similar to dot maps – the size of the dot grows with increased value.
Isoline Maps – Uses lines to show places where values are equal.

24. Warm Up 8-19-15 Region Video What phenomena are plotted?
What type of maps?
What patterns emerge?
What types of regions is/are the US divided into?
You need to clear your desk, get out a pencil and make sure your phone is NOT going to cause a disturbance.

27. Warm Up
Get out your completed Chapter 1 Reading Guide and study while I come around to check it.

28. Dry Erase Board 3
Teacher Desk 2 1 4 5 6
Door
Table

29. Climate and Vegetation Map Groups
Get into your groups and discuss these questions then answer them on your presentation board
Climate & Vegetation
How are vegetation and climate related?
3 trends from the maps:
The most densely populated places have what in common?
Which regions/climates do humans avoid?
Slogan/Jingle/Rap that summarizes the regions and where humans live.
**Turn in your climate maps before you leave
“Too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry and too high” (Avoid extremes)