1. Basic Geography Review
Ms. Crone
2012

2. Basic Geography Review
Relative and absolute location
Types of maps
Physical and political
Basic Geography info
Continents and oceans
Basic vocabulary
Hemisphere, equator
Geographic Coordinate System
Latitude and longitude, Prime Meridian, Equator, International Date Line

3. Basic Geography Info

5. Types of maps
There are many different types of maps. Types of maps and projections:
Physical maps
Cultural maps
Political maps
Population maps
And many more..
A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other three-dimensional body on a plane.

6. Map Projections of the Earth

7. The US and Canada with Political Boundaries
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The US and Canada with Political Boundaries

8. The US and Canada: Physical Map
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The US and Canada: Physical Map

9. The US and Canada with Population Density
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The US and Canada with Population Density

10. The US and Canada with Economic Activities and Resources
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The US and Canada with Economic Activities and Resources

11. The US and Canada with Natural Hazards
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The US and Canada with Natural Hazards

12. World Map: Political with Climate Zones
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13. World Map: Political with Ecosystems
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14. Basic vocabulary Hemisphere- ½ of the earth
Northern and Southern, Eastern and Western

15. Basic Vocabulary
Equator- The imaginary great circle around the earth's surface, equidistant from the poles and perpendicular to the earth's axis of rotation.
Cuts the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

16. Geographic Coordinate System

17. Latitude [aka parallels]
Latitude is the measure of how far north or south a location is from the equator. 
Measured in degrees by how far away from the equator (North or South) a place is.
66½o N
23½o N 0o
23½o S
66½o S

18. Longitude [aka meridians]
Longitude is a measure of how far East or West a place is from the Prime Meridian. 
Prime Meridian = 0o (Greenwich, England)
International Date Line 180o
All lines to the right of the PM is East, and all lines to the left are West.

19. Relative and Absolute Location
Relative location- a places location compared to another place
West of Fruitvale
Absolute location – a place’s position on the globe, the geographic coordinates of the place
(33o N, 95o W)
One absolute location, many relative location

20. How to find a place using its coordinates.
(33o N, 95o W)
1st number is the latitude- how far north or south of the equator a place is
2nd number is the longitude, how far east or west of the Prime Meridian a place is
So, this means this location is in the northern hemisphere and is west of the prime meridian

21. (33o N, 95o W)

22. Now, Lets Practice… 40° N, 73°W 30° N, 31° E 33° S, 151° E
New York
30° N, 31° E
Cairo, Egypt
33° S, 151° E
Sydney, Australia
35° N, 139° E
Tokyo, Japan
33° S, 18° E
Cape Town, South Africa
51° N, 0° W
London, UK
34° N, 118° W
Los Angeles, CA