Time and Place
Time Zones
How many are there?
Why do we have them?
Seven Continents
Five Oceans
Arctic Ocean
North America
Europe
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Indian
Ocean
South America
Southern Ocean
Antarctica
Australia
Physical Characteristics
•Landforms
•Climate Types
•Precipitation
•Vegetation
4 Major Landforms
• Mountains
• Hills
• Plateaus
• Plains
6 Climate Types
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Forest
Grasslands
Desert
Tundra
Highland
Icecap
All of these are
impacted directly
by the amount of
precipitation
Antarctica
Greenland
Human Characteristics
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Language
Values
Religion
Ideas
Art
Customs
Social Institutions
Technology
Tokyo
Location
Relative Location
Uses known directions,
approximate distances, and
major landforms or man
made structures to give a
general location of a place.
“Over by the windmill” or “Turn
right at the big oak tree on
the cliff”
Absolute Location
Gives a mathematical location
along a grid or an address
Exact Longitude or Latitude
Parallels of Latitude - Imaginary Lines drawn across a map
showing degrees north or south of equator, they run east to west
and never cross
• Equator- imaginary line of latitude going through
the center of the earth
• Tropic of Cancer- Latitude line going through the
earth at 23.5° North of Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn- Latitude line going through
the earth at 23.5° South of Equator
• Arctic Circle- Latitude line going through the earth
at 66°33’44” North of the Equator
• Antarctic Circle- Latitude line going through the
earth at 66°33’44” South of the Equator
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
The 5 Major Parallels of Latitude
Meridians of Longitude- Imaginary lines drawn
across a map showing degrees east and west of
Prime Meridian, Meridians run North to South
and intersect at the north and south poles
• Prime Meridian- Main Line of Longitude that
goes through Greenwich, England.
– It is 0 ° East and West
– It runs North and South, Separates the world into
east and west hemispheres
• The opposite side of the world is 180 ° East
and West
– It runs North and South
– The international date line
Prime Meridian
Understanding Hemispheres and
Quadrants
Example:
28° N, 48 °W
Latitude North
Longitude West
Prime Meridian
Example:
58° N, 189 °E
Latitude North
Longitude East
Equator
Latitude South
Longitude West
Example:
19° S, 57 °W
Latitude South
Longitude East
Example:
69° S, 124 °E
Example #1
Example #2
Example #3
Assignment
Hand it out and do the
first few together.