1-6 Calendar
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Aug 22
Intro to Geo
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Intro to Geo
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Intro to Geo
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Intro to Geo
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Intro to Geo
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HW: 1st Day
Information
29
Landforms
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HW: 1st Day
Information
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Landforms
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HW: #1-MIT
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Landforms
Sept 1
Landforms
Quiz #1
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HW: Map 1
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Climate &
Vegetation
Climate &
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HW: Map 2
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Climate &
Vegetation
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Climate &
Vegetation
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Climate &
Vegetation
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HW: Map 3
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Overview of
Regions
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Overview of
Regions
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Overview of
Regions
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HW: Map 4
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Overview of
Regions
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Overview of
Regions
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Overview of
Regions
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HW: Map 5
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Climate &
Vegetation
Quiz #2
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HW: #3Taboo
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Climate &
Vegetation
Quiz #3
Due: #4Taboo
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22
Overview of
Regions
Quiz #4
Due: #5-3o
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29
Overview of
Regions
Quiz #5
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HW:
Landforms
Climate &
Vegetation
Due: #3Taboo
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16
Climate &
Vegetation
Due: #4Taboo
HW:
23
Overview of
Regions
Due: #5-3o
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school days
from the due
date to turn in
work. Be aware
that students
who frequently
turn things in
late tend to do
poorly in class.
2. You must
complete the
work.
3. Late work will
receive a
deduction
equaling 10% of
the final grade.
Late work
should be a
rare not a
frequent
occurrence.
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Overview of
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Holiday – September 5, 2011
WW = Word Wall
FR = Frayer
VA = Vocabulary Activity
ER = Exam Review
PR = Project
CBA = Curriculum-based Assessment
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World Geography Studies 1112
1-6
#1 – Introduction to Geography - MIT
1. Physical Geography - branch of geography dealing with natural features of earth's
surface
2. Human Geography - branch of geography dealing with human activities and their
relationship to the cultural and physical environments
3. *Relative Location - location as described in relation to landmarks, time, direction
or distance from one place to another
4. *Absolute Location – the exact position on the earth’s surface (i.e. latitude and
longitude or a street address)
5. Equator – the imaginary line, with a latitude of 0 degrees, that divides the earth into
the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
6. *Hemispheres – half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth’s Northern, Southern,
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
7. International Dateline - An imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean roughly
corresponding to 180° longitude, to the east of which, by international agreement, the
calendar date is one day earlier than to the west.
8. *Prime Meridian – the 0 degrees meridian which passes through Greenwich,
England; it is the starting point for the calculation of geographic longitude and is the
central meridian of the zero time zone
9. Tropic of Cancer – an imaginary line of latitude located at 23½ degrees N. It marks
the northern boundary of the earth’s tropical zone.
10.Tropic of Capricorn – an imaginary line of latitude located at 23½ degrees S. It
marks the southern boundary of the earth’s tropical zone.
11.*Latitude – the distance as measured north or south from the equator
12.*Longitude – the distance as measured east or west of the Prime Meridian in
Greenwich, England
#2 – Landforms - MIT
1. *Archipelago – cluster or chain of islands
2. Peninsula – A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a
body of water
3. Plateau – an area of fairly level, high ground
4. *Strait – narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
5. River Systems – series of small streams and rivers that connect with one another
(i.e. the Mississippi River System)
6. Delta – a triangular mass of sediment, especially silt and sand, deposited at the
mouth of a river
7. *Tectonic Plate Movement - A theory that explains the global distribution of
geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain
building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the
earth's lithospheric plates.
8. *Erosion – wearing away of the earth’s surface by wind, flowing water, or glaciers
9. Weathering – chemical or physical processes, like freezing, that break down rocks
10.Tsunami – a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
11.*Atmosphere - The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body,
especially the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's
gravitational field.
12.*Lithosphere - The outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle,
approximately 100 km (62 mi.) thick.
#3 – Climate and Vegetation - Taboo
1. *Climate – the average weather in an area over a period of time
2. *Climate Regions – a geographical zone identified by a prevailing climate (i.e. subtropics, polar region, temperate zone)
3. *Weather – the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry,
calm or stormy, clear or cloudy, during a particular time
4. *Biomes – A major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert,
characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
5. Tropical Rainforest – A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their
columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a
spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high
rainfall
6. Desert – A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse
vegetation.
7. *Humid Continental - Humid continental climate is marked by variable weather
patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance. Places with a hottest monthly
temperature above 10 °C (50 °F) and a coldest month temperature below −3 °C
(26.6 °F) and which do not meet the criteria for an arid climate, are classified as
continental.
8. *Humid Subtropical – a climate zone characterized by hot, humid summers and mild
to cool winters.
9. Tundra – an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short
growing seasons; the two types of tundra are Arctic tundra (which also occurs in
Antarctica), and alpine tundra; vegetation mostly dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses,
mosses, and lichens. Scattered trees grow in some tundra.
10.Temperature – degree of hotness or coldness of an environment
#4 – Climate and Vegetation - Taboo
1. Revolution – the time taken by a celestial body (like the earth) to make a complete
round in its orbit
2. *Vegetation - plant life or total plant cover of an area
3. *Hydrosphere - The water portion of the Earth as distinguished from the solid part
and from the gaseous outer envelope (atmosphere). Approximately 74% of the Earth's
surface is covered by water, in either the liquid or solid state. These waters, combined
with minor contributions from ground waters, constitute the hydrosphere.
4. *Atmosphere - The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body, especially
the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field
*Biosphere - The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist
or that is capable of supporting life.
5. *Lithosphere - The outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle,
approximately 100 km (62 mi.) thick.
6. Earth/Sun Relationships – position of the Earth relative to the sun that helps to
determine day and night, seasons, and time zones
7. Soil Building Processes – over time soil becomes compacted and yields less crop. To
improve the soil carbon and nitrogen sources need to be allowed to decompose so that
worms, insects, bacteria, etc. can convert it into new soil.
8. Orographic Effect –refers to the weather condition triggered by upward movement of
air mass on coming in contact with a mountain and how that contact can alter weather
patterns. Example: when air condenses as it rises in altitude, clouds form causing
precipitation (Northwestern US)
9. *El Nino – a warming of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean,
occurring every 4 to 12 years and causing unusual global weather patterns. It tends to
bring heavy rain to western South American and drought to eastern Australia and
Indonesia. El Niño also affects the weather in the United States, but not as predictably.
10.La Nina – a cooling of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean,
occurring somewhat less frequently than El Niño events but causing similar, generally
opposite disruptions to global weather patterns. It tends to bring drought to western
South America and heavy rains to eastern Australia and Indonesia.
#5 – Overview of Regions – 3 Degrees
1. *Formal Region – characterized by the presence of people who share a particular
language, religion, nationality, political identity or culture, or by a common physical
property, such as the presence of a particular type of climate, landform, or vegetation
Examples: 1. political - counties, states, countries, province. 2. climate regions - areas
with a Mediterranean climate. 3. economic regions - wheat belt of Kansas or the
citrus-growing areas of south Texas
2. *Functional Region – organized around a node or focal point with the surrounding
areas linked to that node by transportation systems, communication systems, or other
economic association involving such activities as manufacturing and retail trading.
Examples are metropolitan areas, like NYC, that cover parts of several states but are
linked by commuting patterns, trade flows, television and radio broadcasts,
newspapers, travel for recreation and entertainment.
3. *Perceptual Region – a construct that reflects human feelings and attitudes about
areas and is defined by people’s shared subjective images of those areas. It tends to
reflect the element of people’s mental maps, and, and may be based on stereotypes that
are inappropriate or incorrect. Examples: the Rio Grande Valley, Dixie, and the upper
Midwest are perceptual regions that are thought of as being spatial units, although they
do not have precise borders or even commonly accepted regional characteristics and
names.
4. *Physical Characteristics – the surface features of an area
5. *Language - a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who
are from the same community, nation or geographical area, or cultural tradition.
6. *Religion – a set of beliefs about the cause, and purpose of the universe, usually
involving a set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by many people or sects
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Vocabulary Activities:
MIT (Most Important Thing)
Format:
The MIT about insert vocabulary term is it’s insert underlined portion of
definition.
a. List one additional characteristic.
b. List one additional characteristic.
BUT…is it’s insert underlined portion of definition.
Example: Immigration – to settle in a country where one is not a native
The MIT about Immigration is it’s to settle in a country not native.
a. The U.S. is a nation of immigrants,
b. Many immigrants come to the U.S. for work,
But…is it’s to settle in a country not native.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Taboo
Format
Example
Vocabulary Term
Immigration
 Descriptive word or phrase
 Not native
 Descriptive word or phrase
 Settle in another country
 Descriptive word or phrase
 English colonists
 Descriptive word or phrase
 Not Native Americans
 Descriptive word or phrase
 Illegal/Legal
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3o of Separation
This strategy is based on an idea, called 6o of Separation, that everyone is on average
approximately six steps away from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “friend of a
friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.
The teacher gives the students a term for the center. The student looks at the entire list and
begins to form relationships among the terms, creating a word web. The student can never
go more than three steps away from the term in the center.
Map Activity – North & South America
Directions: Write the number from the list below to its corresponding
location on the map. Each week you will be quizzed on five new
locations.
Mountain
City
Desert
River
1. Canada
2. Cuba
3. Haiti
4. Mexico
5. Panama
6. United States
7. Appalachian Mountains
8. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9. Los Angeles, USA
10. Mexico City, Mexico
11. Mississippi River
12. New York City, USA
13. Rio Grande
14. Rocky Mountains
15. Washington DC, USA
16. Argentina
17. Brazil
18. Chile
19. Colombia
20. Peru
21. Venezuela
22. Amazon River
23. Andes Mountains
24. Buenos Aires, Argentina
25. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil