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Date:
Physical Map of the World
Directions: For each section 1.) Define Landforms on a separate sheet of paper [Terms with a "*" will be on the screen, everything else is in your glossary], 2.)
Map the concept (pay close attention to the hemisphere where you can find the info i.e. "NW" = northwest), 3.) Answer the inference question [1 point each].
Geo-Concept
Define
Mapping (Label/Outline/Draw/Color)
Inference (A logical guess gets credit)
Landform
1. Equator
Looking at your flat map, notice how the graph lines get bigger the further
 Outline the equator
Equator
2. Latitude
away you get from the equator. Why is that?
 Label the Equator
(Latitude)
 Mark the degree as "0"
Prime Meridian 3. Prime
 Outline the equator
(Longitude)
Meridian
 Label the Prime Meridian
4. Longitude
 Mark the degree as "0"
Compass Rose
 Create a compass rose
5. Continent
Why do you think Europe treats itself as its own continent, even though it is
 Assign a color to each continent
Continent
attached to Asia?
 Color the continent
6. Ocean
Ocean
7. Sea *
Sea
Bay/Gulf
8. Bay*
9. Gulf*
10. River
Label the following:
 Pacific Ocean
 Atlantic Ocean
 Arctic Ocean
Label the
Label the Following
following
 North East
 Northwest
o North Sea
o Bering Sea
o Black Sea
o Beaufort
o Mediterranean
Sea
sea
o Caribbean
o Arabian Sea
Sea
o South China
Sea
o Philippine Sea
o Sea of Japan
o Red Sea
Label the following
 Northwest
o Hudson Bay
o Gulf of
Mexico
o SF Bay
DRAW and Label:

North East
o Persian Gulf
What is the difference between a sea and an ocean?
Analyze the continents structure in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Why do you think there are no major seas in the south?
How do bays/gulfs differ from oceans or seas?
Historically, most major cities and civilizations form near rivers. Why is that?
Mouth*
River
11. Highland*
Mountains/
Highlands
Desert
Plateau/
Plain
12. Plateau
13. Plain*
14. Cape*
Cape
 (NW) - Mississippi
 (SW) - Amazon
 (NE) - Ganges
 (NE) - Yangzi
 (NE) - Danube
 (SE)- Darling
 (NE/NW) - Niger
 (NE/SE) - Congo
 (NE/SE) - Nile
DRAW mountain shapes and Label:
 (NW) -Rocky Mountains
 (NW) Appalachian Mountains
 (NW) Guyana Highlands
 (SW) -Andes Mountain
 (SW) - Brazilian highlands
 (NE) - Ural Mountains
 (NE) - Himalayas
Label:
 (NE) - Sahara
 (NE) - Gobi
 (SE) - Kalahari
What's the connection?
Label:
 (NW) - Great Plains
 (NE) - North European Plain
 (NE) - West Siberian Plain
 (NE) Plateau of Iran
 (NE) - Tibetan Plateau
 (NE) - North China Plain
 (NE) Deccan PLateau
 (NE) Ethiopian Plateau
Label:
 (SW) Cape Horn
 (SE) Cape of Good Hope
What seems to be the main difference between and plain and a plateau?
How are rivers, mountains, and oceans/seas connected to each other?
The Sahara Desert is the size of the United States. Why would the largest
desert in the world be located right on the equator? What's the connection?
When Europeans were exploring the seas, both capes were seen as
treacherous for boats...why do you think that is?