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Geography Skills Overview: Maps, Projections, and Locations

Learn about the importance of geography, map components, latitude, longitude, projections, and different types of maps in everyday life. Discover how to identify locations using absolute and relative measures.

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Geography Skills Overview: Maps, Projections, and Locations

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  1. Welcome back! • Turn in HW and get papers from the bookshelf. • Answer Warm-Up #1 without your notes and turn into HW bin when you finish.

  2. Schedule for Today • WU #1 • Set Up Binders • Geography Skills Notes • Critical Thinking Article • HW: McD1.1-1.2 worksheets • Pre-AP: SiddharthaPart One (due 9/29-9/30)

  3. Binder Dividers • Note Packets • Classwork • Homework • Assessments • S.S. Fair Project • Your syllabus and first quarter outline should go in front of all dividers.

  4. Geography and Origins Geography Skills

  5. Intro Questions • Why do we need to know about geography? • How will we use maps in every day life?

  6. Four Basic Components • Title - Purpose of the map • Compass Rose- Shows where the cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) lie on a map • Legend/Key - Tells the user about the symbols on a map • Scale - Tells the user the ratio between distances on the map and actual distances on Earth

  7. Can you identify the four key parts?

  8. Latitude: measures distances north or south of the Equator Longitude: measures distances east or west of Prime Meridian

  9. Draw the Hemispheres!

  10. Locations • Absolute Location Exact point where something is located on the Earth (latitude and longitude) ex. Washington, D.C. is 76N 39W • Relative Location Where one place is in relation to another place (north, south, east, and west) ex. Washington, D.C. is southeast of Ashburn

  11. Three Types of Projection • Globe: Most accurate way to display information about the Earth

  12. Three Types of Projection • Mercator Projection: Accurate shapes Inaccurate sizes

  13. Three Types of Projection • Robinson Projection: Accurate – west/east (size and shape) Inaccurate - areas near the poles

  14. Types of Maps • Physical • Mountains, lakes, rivers, etc… • Political • State and national boundaries/capital cities • Climate • Temperature, precipitation patterns, etc… • Natural Resources and Economic Activities • Natural resources (iron, coal, etc…)

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