1. What is Geography?
Unit 1

2. The World in Spatial Terms
What is location?
Location- a specific place on earth
Absolute location
The exact position of a place on the earth’s surface
Relative Location
Location in relation to other places

3. The World in Spatial Terms
The Equator
Separates the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Is midway between the North Pole and the South Pole
The Prime Meridian
Separates the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
The 0o runs through Greenwich, England
180o runs through the mid-Pacific Ocean

4. The World in Spatial Terms

5. The World in Spatial Terms

6. The World in Spatial Terms
Practice with Absolute and Relative Locations
Use pages RA2-RA31 to find the Absolute and Relative location on the handout

7. Quiz Use pages RA2-RA31 to Identify the Locations
Relative Locations
Directions: You are stating the relative direction of location A from location B.
1. Canada to Australia
2. Cuba to Florida
3. Paraguay to Uruguay
4. Indonesia to New Guinea
5. Venezuela to Colombia
6. Afghanistan to Iran
7. Turkey to Mongolia
8. Japan to Egypt
9. India to Russia
10. Ireland to Finland
Locations Quiz
Directions: Write the name of the capital which best fits the coordinates listed below.
1. 45N, 76W
2. 1S, 37E
3. 15N, 91W
4. 56N, 38E
5. 39N, 9W
6. 2N, 45E
7. 34N, 36E
8. 4S, 15E
9. 11N, 67W
10. 35S, 149 E

8. Quiz Use pages RA2-RA31 to Identify the Locations
Relative Locations
Directions: You are stating the relative direction of location A from location B.
1. Tasmania to Australia
2. Cuba to Florida
3. Paraguay to Uruguay
4. Indonesia to New Guinea
5. Chile to Venezuela
6. Saudi Arabia to Iraq
7. Turkey to China
8. Japan to Egypt
9. India to Russia
10. Ireland to Morocco
Locations Quiz
Directions: Write the name of the capital which best fits the coordinates listed below.
1. 6s, 107E
2. 1S, 37E
3. 50N, 15E
4. 56N, 38E
5. 19N, 72W
6. 2N, 45E
7. 43N, 18E
8. 4S, 15E
9. 25N, 122E
10. 52N, 0

9. Chapter 2 Assessment and Activities
Reviewing Facts
Terrestrial, gas giants
Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Movement of plates
Water cycle
Liquid, vapor, clouds, precipitation, surface runoff
Critical Thinking
Internal forces cause rising of landforms and can be dramatic and sudden; external forces usually wear away landforms and are usually slow
Plants and animals tend to be found where freshwater is abundant, soils are fertile, temperatures are moderate or warm, and the landscape is not too rugged or high in elevation
I will check
Reviewing Key Terms
Atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere
Accretion
Continental drift
Aquifer
Fold
Condensation
Magma
Precipitation
Fault
Plate tectonics
Evaporation
Erosion
Locating Places
1.B 2.E 3.G 4.C 5.H 6.D 7.I 8.J 9.F 10.A

10. Earth-Sun Relationship
Weather vs. Climate
Weather- condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time
Climate- weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time
What do you think of when I ask you to describe a desert?

11. Earth-Sun Relationship

12. Earth-Sun Relationship
Ideas to Understand
Axis: 23.5o
Rotation vs. Revolution
Equinox and Solstice
The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn: 23.5o N and S respectively
Poles and light received

13. Earth-Sun Relationship

14. Earth-Sun Relationship

15. Wind Patterns
Prevailing Winds
Doldrums
Coriolis Effect

16. Chapter 4 Assessment and Activity
Do all of page 98. In order to do this, you will need to read through chapter 4 which starts on page 74.

17. Chapter 4 Assessment and Activities
Reviewing Facts
Population growth increases demand on resources and the environment
Greater economic opportunity
Language, religion, social groups, government, economy
Internal: new ideas, lifestyles, inventions; External: trade migration, war
Totalitarian dictatorship, absolute monarchy
Market economy: freedom of choice in buying and selling, right to make and keep profits; Command economy: social security, equal access to resources and services
Renewable resources can be replaced; Nonrenewable cannot
Advances in technology, transportation, communications; freedom of trade; need to manage resources; environmental concerns
Critical Thinking
The hunting and sharing of food rested on ancestral traditions
Regions make it easier to study and compare cultural developments; human factors include language, government, economic activities, social groups, and religion
I will Check; Should deal with understanding responsibilities placed on individual citizens
Reviewing Key Terms
Population: a, c, p
Cultures: b, e, f, h, k
Political and Economic Systems: g, j, l, m, n
Resources, Trade, and Environment: d, i, o
Locating Places
1.F 2.A 3.D 4.E 5.G 6.I 7.H 8.J 9.B 10.C

18. AHS Map
What are the most densely populated areas in the school at 7:35am? 8:00am?
Discuss the population distributions within the school compared with the area of the school. (use pg: 77)
Discuss the migration of the AHS population from 7:35 to 8:00. What causes this migration?

19. World Map pg: 78
What are the most densely populated areas in the world?
Discuss the population distributions on the earth. What causes humans to live where they do?
Discuss human migration. What leads humans to migrate?