Map Work
• Beginning of Year
Definitions
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Atlas-Book of maps
Latitude-degress N/S of equator
Longitude-degress E/W of Prime Meridian
Parallels- differ in length
– Meridians-meet @ poles all same length
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Legend-key
Projection-Map
Most Common-Mercator + Robinson
Political Map-boundaries of countries + cities
– Physical Map-landforms + H2O
Political Map
Physical Map
10. Rain Forests
10 degress N/S of Equator
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Sundarbans: Bangladesh/India –ASIA
Ratanakiri Province: Cambodia ASIA
Bolivar State: Venezuela –SOUTH AMERICA
Atlantic Rain Forest: Brazil –SOUTH AMERCA
Eastern Congo: Congo -AFRICA
Cross River and Korup: Cameroon -AFRICA
Western and Gulf: New Guinea –Melanesian
Islands
11. Largest Cities
2000 C.E.
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Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Mexico City, Mexico,
North America
Mumbai, India, Asia
Sao Paulo, Brazil,
South America
New York City, USA,
North America
2015 Projected Numbers
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Tokyo: 36,200, 000
Mumbai: 22,600,000
Delhi: just under 25,
000,000
Mexico City: 20,
600,000
Sao Palo: 20,000,000
2015 Actual
1-Tokyo, Japan, 37,900,000
2. Jakarata, Indonesia
30,600,000
3. Seoul, South Korea
26,100,000
4. Delhi, India 25,703,000
5. Shanghi, China
25,400,000
Tokyo
Jakarta
Seoul
Delhi
Shanghai
12. Long Life-Andorra 83.68 yrs (btwn Spain + France)
13.Time Zones – 24
14.NYC-Paris Concorde Jet-3hrs + 44 min.
15.NYC-London Steamship 1883- 6 days
16. Highest
Elevations
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North America: Mt. Mckinley (Alaska USA)
South America: Aconcagua (Argentina)
Europe: Elbrus (Russia)
Africa: Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Asia: Everest (Nepal)
Australia: Koscuisko/Wilhelm
Antarctica: Vison Massif
17. Longest River: Nile 4,160 miles
18. Widest River: Amazon 5 miles @delta 150 miles
19. Largest Continent: Asia 17,043,481 miles
20. Largest Lake: Caspian Sea 144,000 miles 1/3 salinity of ocean
at southern end
21. Tallest Mountain: Everest
22. Country w/Largest Population: China over 1 billion
23. Country w/Least Population: Vatican City (770-840 people)
located in Rome, separate state, no one is a permanent
resident
24. GDP: Gross Domestic Product-value of goods + services
produced by a country.
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Indicates how well that country’s economy is doing
Peru:Lima
Venezuela:
Caracas
Chile: Santiago
Argentina:
Buenos Aires
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Australia
North America
Antarctica
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Asia
South America
Africa
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Near East= Turkey
Middle East= Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran
Far East = China
World Geographical Regions
Region
Areas Included
Asia
East Asia
China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea,
South Korea, Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam
South Asia
Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Pakistan
Southwest Asia
(Middle East)
Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, Oman,
Lebanon, Kuwait, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria
World Geographical Regions
Region
Areas Included
Africa
North Africa
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia,
Western Sahara
East Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Madagascar
West Africa
Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria,
Mali, Senegal, Chad, Guinea, Mauritania,
Sierra Leone, Togo, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory
Coast), Niger
Equatorial Africa
Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (Democratic
Republic and Central African Republic -2
different countries), Cameroon, Gabon,
Sudan, Uganda
Southern Africa
Angola, Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
Botswana, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia,
Namibia
Latin America
• All of the Americas excluding Canada and he
USA