Geography fun facts!

1. Geography fun facts! • Write the letter of your guess on your cover sheet on the warm-up side – today’s date: 8/25 • There is a city called ______ on every continent in the world.A. AthensB. Rome C. LondonD. Tokyo

2. The ___________is the fourth largest country based on population and geographic area. A. ChinaB. South AfricaC. United StatesD. Canada

3. 3. What is the longest river in the United States? A. ColoradoB . MississippiC. MissouriD. Rio Grande

4. The Five Themes of Geography

5. Let’s Review! • What are the SEVEN CONTINENTS?? • Asia • Europe • Africa • Australia • Antarctica • North America • South America • What are the FOUR OCEANS?? • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Arctic Ocean • Indian Ocean

6. The 5 Themes of Geography • Location • Movement • Region • Place • Human/ Environment Interaction

7. Theme # 1: Location Where is it??

8. Location: • There are two types of LOCATION!! • Absolute (mathematical) • Relative

9. Absolute Location: • Absolute Location is found by using… • Two specific line types • Latitude • Longitude

10. Absolute Location: • Latitude Lines AKA (Parallels) Latitude lines are drawn from: East to West Latitude lines measure: North to South

11. Absolute Location: • The Major Line of LATITUDE is the: • Equator • It splits the Earth into: • the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

12. Define Hemisphere: • Half of a globe (in our case the Earth)

13. Absolute Location: • Other important lines of LATITUDE: • 22 1/3 * North = Tropic of Cancer • 22 1/3 * South = Tropic of Capricorn • They are important because: They get the most direct sunlight making these areas the hottest places on Earth

14. Absolute Location: • Other important lines: • 66 1/2 * North =Arctic Circle • 66 1/2 * South =Antarctic Circle They are important because: These areas get the least amount of sunlight. Part of the year there is no sunlight and the other part of the year there is no darkness.

15. Absolute Location: • Longitude Lines AKA (Meridians) Latitude lines are drawn from: North to South Latitude lines measure: East to West

16. Absolute Location: • The Major Line of LONGITUDE is the: • Prime Meridian • It splits the Earth into: • the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

17. Absolute Location: • Roswell’s Mathematical Location is: 34° 3′ 47″ N, 84° 22′ 52″ W( ‘=seconds and “=minutes)

18. Relative Location: • Where an area is depending on where another area is! Figure out where Mr. W’s desk is in relation to something else in the room!

19. Theme # 2: Movement • How are people linked together?

20. Movement: • Movement describes how… • How people in one area contact people in other areas

21. Movement: • What can move??

22. Movement: • How can things move??

23. Movement: • Through movement we connect all of our world together. • This is called globalization! • When we are interdependent on each other for our economy, culture, politics, socialization, and technology.

25. Movement Region People Which of the following is NOT a geography theme?

26. Theme # 3: Region • What does it have in common?

27. Region: • A region describes: • Areas that have something in common • Regions can be: BIG or small

28. Region: • There are 3 types of Regions • Formal / Uniform • Functional / Nodal • Vernacular / Perceptual

29. Region: • Formal / Uniform Region is an. . . • Area in which a certain characteristic is found throughout the area • Examples: City, State, Country, Continent, places with the same climate, same religion, same language, same crops, etc.

30. Region: • Functional / Nodal Regions • Have one central place (a node) and it is surrounded by the areas it affects • Example: the delivery area of a pizza restaurant, the space covered by a cell phone tower, the cities that Delta flies to from Atlanta

31. Vernacular / Perceptual Regions • Region that people perceive… they believe it exists as part of their cultural identity.

32. Theme # 4: Place What is it like?

33. Place: What is it like?

34. Place: What is it like?

35. Place: What is it like?

36. Place: Each PLACE on Earth has it own: DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS Two types: Human Or Physical (something that makes it different than any other place in the world)

37. Place: • Physical Features: • The Earth is covered in 30 % land • All landforms are described by their elevation • Elevation is the height above sea level • There are 4 main types of landforms they are: • Mountains • Hills • Plateaus • Plains

38. Place: • Physical Features: • Another physical feature is also an area’s climate. • What affects climate? • There are 3 major climate regions. • Tropical • Temperate (Mid-Latitude) • Polar

39. ???????????????????????????????? • What is the difference between Location & Place?

40. Which of the following is NOT an example of location? 12° N, 32 ° W 124 Main Street, Springfield, Missouri Georgia

41. What is the difference between Location & Place? Location: 5* S , 68 * W

42. What is the difference between Location & Place? Place: Describe

43. Human/Environment Interaction: • How do we interact with our environment?

44. HEI: • What is an environment? • Natural Surroundings • Human/Environment Interaction explains: • How people use and change their environment

45. HEI: • The environment influences how: • We live • Examples:

46. Does the environment affect where we do this activity?

47. HEI: • When ever people come in contact with something they: • Change it! • Examples are: • Good – examples? • Bad – examples? • Both – examples?

48. Which of the following IS an example of Human Environment Interaction? Getting the mail Riding in a cattle roundup Rainforest clearing

49. Remembering the 5 themes • If you can’t remembering what they are just ask MR. HELP!!! • M – Movement • R – Regions • HE – Human Environment interaction • L – Location • P - Place

50. HEI = Global Warming