Let’s get down to the business of
geography
Is there any reason to
learn to read maps?
Explain your answer.
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Chapter 1, Section 2 DRA/Vocab
- short section
- due today, end of class
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Do Nows are Due Today
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Use the Wikispace: ss200.wikispaces.com
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CIA reports ISIS can
muster up to 30,000 troops
- this is larger than a terror
group
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China may help US fight
ISIS
- but they will be a silent
partner
Is there any reason to
learn to read maps?
Explain your answer.
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Clear your desk of everything except a pencil
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Do not talk during the quiz
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Bring quiz to the desk when your are finished,
finish Chapter 1-2 and be ready for notes
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Identify information that we know (underline,
highlight)
Use details to construct a map
Maps
Globes
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General Reference
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Thematic
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Navigational
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Absolute Location:
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Relative Location
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Geographer’s tools
- maps, charts, globes, and satellites
New Vocabulary
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Due Date TBD
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May begin working on the reading and
vocabulary in class
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Latitude Lines (Parallels)
- divides into two hemispheres at the equator
- North And South; lines run from 0-90 degrees
Special Latitudinal Lines
- At 23.5 degrees North – Tropic of Cancer
- At 23.5 degrees South – Tropic of Capricorn
Degrees
- can be divided into “minutes”
- there are “60 Minutes” in one degree
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Longitude Lines (Meridians)
- divide the earth into East and West
hemispheres at the Prime Meridian (0 degrees)
- Markings go from 0 to 180 degrees in both
directions
Intersection of Latitude and Longitude lines
equals an absolute location
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3.
Identify 3 “tools” geographers use
to study new regions?
List two themes of geography and
the questions associated with those
themes.
How would you use the themes of
geography to study regions
unfamiliar to you? Explain your
answer.
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On the back of the Do Now sheet is a graph
Follow these steps to determine your progress
1. Look at the learning objectives, how
“comfortable” are you in meeting the objectives
2. Look at the scale (0 to 4), rate your
understanding and mastery of the objectives
3. Fill in the graph on the back of the Do Now
Sheet