WELCOME TO WORLD GEOGRAPHY
• FIRST SEMESTER
• 18 WEEKS
• 9 UNITS OF STUDY
• 9 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
• 9 PERFORMANCE TASKS
OUR FIRST ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS?
 WHY ARE US SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN?
 WHY ARE SO MANY THINGS (I PHONES) MADE IN CHINA?
 WHY DO MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES USE THE SAME CURRENCY?
 WHY DO MANY US NAVAL SHIPS CRUISE THE PERSIAN GULF?
HOW DID NELSON MANDELA CHANGE SOUTH AFRICA?
CLASS EXPECTATION #1
•PLAY FAIR!
MORE DETAILED EXPECTATIONS
• BE ON TIME FOR CLASS AND COME PREPARED.
• BE ENGAGED AND AN ACTIVE LEARNER – PARTICIPATE
• DO ALL ASSIGNMENTS – HOMEWORK ASSIGNED ONLY TWICE A WEEK.
• COME FOR EXTRA HELP AT ASSIGNED TIMES OR SEND AN E-MAIL.
• LISTEN TO YOUR CLASSMATES, BE POLITE AND THOUGHTFUL
Continents
Africa
Asia
South America
Europe
Australia
North America
Middle East
Antarctica
Middle East
TELL ME HOW YOU LEARN!
(ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON THE CARD PROVIDED)
ARE YOU A VISUAL LEARNER? WHAT MOTIVATES YOU?
WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTS RELATED TO GEOGRAPHY?
WHERE IS YOUR FAVORITE VACATION DESTINATION?
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THIS CLASS?
WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS OR WORRIES?
GRADING
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS (QUIZZES) 20%
HOMEWORK 20%
CLASS ACTIVITIES 20%
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS (TESTS) 20%
PERFORMANCE TASKS (PROJECTS) 20%
MATCH THE PLACE WITH THE CONTINENT!
a) AMAZON
b) MONGOLIA
c) HUDSON BAY
d) SYDNEY
e) NIGERIA
f) ALPS
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AFRICA
ASIA
SOUTH AMERICA
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NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
AUSTRALIA
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HOMEWORK #1
• GO ON LINE OR USE A NEWSPAPER (PREFERRED) AND FIND A
NEWS REPORT ABOUT AN EVENT ON ANOTHER CONTINENT. READ
THE ARTICLE AND BRING IT TO CLASS WITH A THREE SENTENCE
SUMMARY.
WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
• Work with your collaborative partner
to create a two sentence definition of
geography.
• Share your definition
• “Geography is the study of where
people, places and things are located
and how they relate to one another.”
TYPES OF MAPS POLITICAL
• DESCRIBE A POLITICAL MAP?
• HOW MIGHT IT CHANGE OVER TIME?
• WHAT IS LEFT OUT?
• HOW MIGHT IT BE USED?
PHYSICAL MAP
• WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THIS MAP?
• CAN YOU NAME SOME PHYSICAL FEATURES OF
AFRICA?
• CAN THIS MAP CHANGE OVER TIME?
CLIMATE MAP
• WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN
AUSTRALIA?
• WHAT DOES THIS TYPE OF MAP SHOW?
• HOW MIGHT IT CHANGE OVER TIME?
SPECIAL PURPOSE MAPS
WHAT DOES THIS MAP ILLUSTRATE?
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY (PAGE 38)
1. WHAT IS THE LOCATION OF A PLACE?
2. WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF A PLACE?
3. HOW ARE PLACES SIMILAR TO AND DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PLACES?
REGION
4. HOW DO PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVE BETWEEN PLACES? MOVEMENT
5. HOW DO PEOPLE INTERACT WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A
PLACE?
LOCATION
• ABSOLUTE LOCATION:
GPS
• USE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
• LATITUDE – MEASURED IN DEGREES
FROM EQUATOR
• LONGITUDE – MEASURED IN DEGREES
FROM PRIME MERIDIAN
FINDING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
• FIND THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES
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GEORGIA DOME
OUR LADY OF MERCY
DISNEY WORLD
GROUND ZERO
FENWAY PARK
Can you name the fifty states?
STATE QUESTIONS!
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Name two states which border the Pacific Ocean?
How many of the 13 original colonies can you name?
Name three states which border Tennessee?
What four states meet together at right angles?
Can you name three of the Great Lakes?
What states are directly north of Massachusetts?
Name three states on the western bank of the
Mississippi River.
ABSOLUTE LOCATION
• EXACT PLACE ON THE EARTH
• NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
• EQUATOR
• PRIME MERIDIAN – GREENWICH, ENGLAND
• LONGITUDE VERTICAL
• LATITUDE - HORIZONTAL
RELATIVE LOCATION
• THE LOCATION ON THE GLOBE BASED UPON
ANOTHER PLACE
• “I LIVE DOWN THE STREET”
• HOW WE FIND MOST PLACES
• CAN YOU GIVE DIRECTIONS FROM HOUSE TO OUR
LADY OF MERCY?
REGIONS
FORMAL
FUNCTIONAL
PERCEPTUAL
ATLANTA AREA
CITIES
DALLAS FORT WORTH
STATES
“BIG APPLE”
MIDWEST
COUNTIES
NATIONS
CONTINENTS
DETERMINED BY PEOPLE’S
VIEWS
CENTRAL PLACE AND AREAS
AFFECTED BY IT.
SOUTH
WEST COAST
MOVEMENT
• PEOPLE, GOODS AND IDEAS MOVE BETWEEN
PLACES
• COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE BETWEEN EUROPE AND
AMERICA
• ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN ANCIENT GREECE AND
THE UNITED STATES
• IMPACT OF AIRPORT ON ATLANTA
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
• MAN IS CONSTANTLY IMPACTED THE
ENVIRONMENT
• GLOBAL WARMING
• AIR CONDITIONING
• KUDZU!
• FISH ENTERING GREAT LAKES
HOMEWORK
• PAGE 42 QUESTIONS 1-5
• IN ADDITION
• WRITE A CLEAR PARAGRAPH OF AT
LEAST 5 SENTENCES DESCRIBING
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE.
EARTH’S LAYERS
• CORE – CENTER VERY HOT
• INNER DENSE AND SOLID
• OUTER – LIQUID, MOLTEN
• MANTLE - SOLID ROCK
• CRUST – FROSTING ON THE CAKE
LANDFORMS
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OCEANS
CONTINENTS
PLAIN
MOUNTAINS
PLATEAUS
CANYONS
7. PENINSULAS
8. ISLANDS
9. ISTHMUS
10.ARCHIPELAGO
11. BASIN
12. GULF
13.DELTA
14. GLACIER
15.LAKE
16.SEAS
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PLATE TECTONICS
• EARTH IS COMPOSED OF SEPARATE PLATES THAT
MOVE A SMALL DISTANCE EACH YEAR.
• SOME PLATES ARE MOVING APART BUT SOME
ARE MOVING INTO EACH OTHER.
• WHAT DOES THIS CAUSE?
Continental Drift
• Continents seem to fit together like a puzzle
• Once there was a “supercontinent” called
Pangaea.
• Evidence is fossils that are the same from
different continents.
Seafloor Spreading
• Many landforms under the ocean
• Molten rock building mountains on seafloor
• Part of theory of plate tectonics
• Plates move both away and into each other
• When plates collide the result is
earthquakes and volcanos
• What is the Ring of Fire?
WEATHERING AND EROSION
• Weathering – breakdown of rock at or near
the earth’s surface into smaller and smaller
pieces.
• Erosion – the movement of weathered
material such as gravel, soil and sand.
• Erosion cased by wind, rain and ice.
ASSESSMENT ON FRIDAY!
MAYBE A LITTLE QUIZ TODAY! ANOTHER TOMORROW.
TEST TOMORROW
• WORK WITH YOUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNER.
• MAKE A LIST OF 15 TERMS FOR THE TEST REVIEW.
• SHARE YOUR LIST WITH ANOTHER TEAM.