Geography Map Exercise 1

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Geography Map Exercise 1

• Solutions

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Matching

• Polaris
• The North Star
• 90oS Lat
• South Pole
• Gobi
• Large desert in Northern China
• Nile
• Longest river in the world

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Matching

• Andes
• Longest mountain range on Earth
• Japan
• Land of the rising sun
• Continental
• All of the US except Alaska and Hawaii
• Everest
• Tallest mountain on Earth

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Continents Oceans

• Asia
• Africa
• North America
• Australia
• South America
• Europe
• Antarctica

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Pacific
• Use the link below to practice finding the
  continents and oceans

http//www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.h
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• Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

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• Tropic of Cancer (North), Tropic of Capricorn
  (South)
• 23O 26 from the equator (Earths tilt)
• Direct sunlight only hits the Earth between these
  latitude lines

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• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• 23O 26 from the equator
• In Unit 2 Force that Shape our World we will
  learn more about the Earths tilt, how it creates
  our seasons, and the significance of the Tropics.

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MesoamericaCentral Mexico and South Mexico
through Central America, including Guatemala,
Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.Sometimes
Nicaragua, and Northern Costa Rica are included.
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Latitude linesRun East to West Parallel to the
EquatorMeasures degrees North or South of the
Equator
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Longitude lines Run North to South fromNorth
Pole to South Pole. Measures degrees East or
West of the Prime Meridian.
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Sahara Desert
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Developing Mental Maps

• What do you visualize when someone says desert?
• What mental images do you associate with this
  geographic region?

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NOT a typical desert
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Typical Desert-DRY
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Typical Desert-DRY (TUNDRA)
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Himalaya Mountains
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Prime Meridian
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Siberia
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Greenland
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Amazon River
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Mediterranean Sea
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Nile River
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Andes Mountains
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Forces that Shape our Earth

• The Himalaya and Andes Mountains are being
  created (yes they are still growing) by the
  movement of tectonic plates.

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Forces that shape our Earth

• The Andes Mountains are part of the Ring of
  Fire. This region of the world has a high level
  of geographic instability due to the collision of
  the Earths tectonic plates.

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SubductionOne plate pushed under the other