1. GEOGRAPHY

2. FIVE THEMES  LOCATION-is a specific place on the earth's surface or area.  EXACT- latitude(East to West) and Longitude(North Pole to the South Pole)  RELATIVE- a place or area in relation to another site(i.e. "3 miles northwest of Chicago“).

4. OCEANS:  Historically, there are four named oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. However, most countries—including the United States—now recognize the Southern (Antarctic) as the fifth ocean. The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian are known as the three major oceans.

5. FIVE THEMES  PLACE- place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.  PHYSICAL-a description such things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, & topography.  HUMAN- cultural features of a place, land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation

7. HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT  Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land(i.e., both positive and negative effects on the environment)

8. MOVEMENT  ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances.  This theme studies movement and migration across the planet.

9. REGION  Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area(i.e., regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest,“)

11. IDENTIFYING THE CRITERIA OF GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES???  Height  Vastness  Temperature  Can you think of other defining criteria..?

12. 15 GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 1.Appalachian Mountains 2.Great Lakes2.Great Lakes-name each 3.Mississippi River 4.Rocky Mountains 5.Sierra Nevada5.Sierra Nevada ranges 6.Grand Canyon 7.Death Valley

13. THE FOLLOWING RIVERS:  Mississippi River  Missouri River  St. Lawrence River  Ohio River  Rio Grande  Columbia River  Snake River  Yukon River  Hudson River  Colorado River

14. THE FOLLOWING LAKES:  The Great Salt Lake  Lake Erie  Lake Ontario  Lake Michigan  Lake Superior  Lake Huron  Lake Champlain  Lake Okeechobee

15. THE FOLLOWING MOUNTAIN RANGES:  Rocky Mountains  Appalachain Mountains  Cascade Mountains  Sierra Mountains