World Cultures and Geography

1. World Cultures and Geography Chapter One – The Geographer’s Toolbox

2. Bell Ringer January 7, 2019 • Page 13 • Where is Rio de Janeiro located on the map? • Where are most of the cities on the map located? What pattern do you notice? • What are geographic patterns and how do geographers find them? • It is located on the Atlantic coast of Brazil • All are located on bodies of water. • Patterns are similarities between places. They find them by asking and answering questions.

3. Section One – Geographic Thinking

4. Independent Practice – “You Do” • Page 13 – Main Idea about Geographers • Use Annotation Tool Kit Symbols • Use Concept Tool Symbols

5. Spatial Thinking • 1.What 4 largest rivers in the US does the map show? • 2. What geographic pattern do 3 of the rivers show? • Missouri, Mississippi, Colorado, and Rio Grande • Mississippi, Colorado, Rio Grande flow into larger bodies of water

6. Essential Question • How do Geographers think about the World? • In terms of space on earth’s surface • Examine where places are and why they are located there

7. Bell Ringer January 5, 2018 • Categorize: Decide which of the following is an example of spatial thinking and which is chronological thinking. • When Harry S. Truman became president of the U.S. in 1944, he did not know about the development of the atomic bomb. • In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricanes develop in the Caribbean Sea and often move north onto the mainland of the U.S. • When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, he thought that he had sailed west around the world to Asia.

8. Categorize Information

9. You Do Activity • Page 14 & 15 Question 2 – Write the Question and answer • Which theme and which element would you use to categorize information about forms of energy? Explain. • Environment and Society because humans can change the environment and use resources • Human-Environment Interaction because people and the environment affect each other.

10. Bell Ringer January 8, 2019 • Map Lab – Page 17 • Which regions span more than one continent? • Write one geographic question about your region. • Name a physical feature in your region. Does it affect you? Pg.A8 • Russia & the Eurasian Republics, Southwest Asia & North Africa • Sample: Between which oceans is North America located?

12. Activity January 8, 2019 • Page 18 – Map Lab • What types of industry are located in Germany? What map element did you use to find the answers? (Interpret) • What is the main industry in Southern Germany? Why is it located there? (Inference) • What is the difference between lines of latitude and lines of longitude? • Automobile, coal, and steel industries; the legend and symbols • The automobile industry; it may be located there because of access to river transportation • Lines of latitude: imaginary lines that run east to west around Earth • Lines of longitude: imaginary lines that run north to south

13. Elements of a Map • Globe: 3 dimensional –spherical representation of Earth • Map: 2 dimensional – flat representation of Earth ( pg 18) • Equator: center line of latitude • Latitude: imaginary lines that run east to west, parallel to the equator • Longitude: imaginary lines that run north to south – measure distance east & west from the Prime Meridian • Prime Meridian: imaginary line of longitude running through Greenwich England. It is 0 degrees.

14. Hemisphere: half of the Earth – Northern & Southern divided by the Equator. Western and Eastern divided by the Prime Meridian • Scale: shows how much distance on Earth is shown on the map; large scale covering small area; small scale covering a large area • Cartographers – mapmakers • Political Maps: shows features that humans have created, such as countries, states, cities • Physical Map: show natural features including landforms, mountains, valleys, elevation, relief

15. Bell Ringer • Page 22 – 23 Map Lab • What is the most mountainous country in East Asia? How do you know? • What economic activity would you expect to find on the North China Plain? • What do the locations of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo have in common? • China – the land elevation on the map • Agriculture is the most likely economic activity – plain provide land and rivers supply water • All are near the ocean.

16. Activity • What is similar and different about Greenland on the Mercator Projection and on the Robinson Projection? Why? • What does the Azimuthal projection show about the relative location of Alaska and Russia? • Shapes are similar – but Greenland looks much larger on the Mercator because of the distortion in size due to it being drawn on the latitude and longitude grid • It shows how close they really are to each other

17. Activity – You Do • Page 20-21 • On the Map of North Carolina, approximately how many inches represent 200 miles? On the Map of the eastern United States, how many miles does one inch represent? • How far is Washington, DC from the southwestern border of Maine? Which map did you use to find the distance? • What geographic pattern do you see in the location of cities in North Carolina? • 1 ¼ inches; 400 miles • About 500 miles; the small-scale map because it shows distances across a large area • Most NC cities are near rivers, which makes transportation & trade easier

18. Essential Question • How do people use Geography? • People use the tools of geography, maps and globes, to navigate from one location to another

19. Bell Ringer • Page 26-27 • According to the map, which area of the United States has the most wind farms? • In the Philippines, where are people most at risk for severe earthquakes? What do the places have in common? • The Southwestern U.S. • In the North, near Manila, and on one of the islands west of Cebu. • All of them are near the coast

20. Chapter One Review • How does a Geographer think about the Earth’s surface? • Spatial Thinking • Similarities among places are called: • Geographic Patterns • Geographic Information System: • Computer Based system used for making maps & analyzing patterns • What would you use to find absolute location? • GPS – Global Positioning System

21. What is Global Positioning System? • Satellite System used to find Absolute Location • What is Relative Location? • Where a place is in relation to other places • What are Regions in Geography? • A group of places with common traits • What is a Continent? • A large landmass on the Earth’s surface

22. What is a Terrace on the Earth? • A human-made flat surface cut into a hillside • How do Geographer divide regions? • Common traits and similarities • Elevation: • The height of a physical feature above sea level • Equator: • The center line of latitude

23. Hemisphere: • Half of the Earth • Map Projection • A Way of showing Earth’s curved surface on a flat surface • Longitude: • Imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole • Map Scale: • Distance shown on a map

24. Locator Globe: • Specific area on the globe shown on the map • Compass Rose: • Directions North, South, East, West • Large Scale Map: • Map zoomed in to show details – street names, buildings, etc. • Thematic Map: • Maps focused on a specific topic