Title: Geography Map Exercise 1
1Geography Map Exercise 1
2Matching
- Polaris
- The North Star
- 90oS Lat
- South Pole
- Gobi
- Large desert in Northern China
- Nile
- Longest river in the world
3Matching
- 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
4Continents 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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5- Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
6- 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
7- 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.
8MesoamericaCentral Mexico and South Mexico
through Central America, including Guatemala,
Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.Sometimes
Nicaragua, and Northern Costa Rica are included.
9Latitude linesRun East to West Parallel to the
EquatorMeasures degrees North or South of the
Equator
10Longitude lines Run North to South fromNorth
Pole to South Pole. Measures degrees East or
West of the Prime Meridian.
11Sahara Desert
12Developing Mental Maps
- What do you visualize when someone says desert?
- What mental images do you associate with this
geographic region?
13NOT a typical desert
14Typical Desert-DRY
15Typical Desert-DRY (TUNDRA)
16Himalaya Mountains
17Prime Meridian
18Siberia
19Greenland
20Amazon River
21Mediterranean Sea
22Nile River
23Andes Mountains
24Forces that Shape our Earth
- The Himalaya and Andes Mountains are being
created (yes they are still growing) by the
movement of tectonic plates.
25Forces 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.
26SubductionOne plate pushed under the other