Geography intro

​Understanding latitude and longitude.

Unit 1: Geographic maps and cultural patterns

How do we use maps to study the earth surface?

Think back to Yakko Warner's song.

Yakko sang all the countries of the world, but we still need to master the continent names before moving focusing on countries. Let's try them!!

​What continent is this?

​Find the continent located next to this island as a team. ( hint: you might want to flip your earth 3D map)

​What continent is this?

​What continents are we missing?

​Name three countries that the prime meridian runs through.

Multiple Choice

What continents does the prime meridian runs through?

• Europe and Africa

• Brazil and Australia

• North America and South America

​​Latitude

​Latitude and longitude are used by geographers to create an absolute location. Use a dry erase marker to find your location.

​​Longitude

Why do you think the center of this map is colored orange? Why do you think the upper side of this map is colored purple?

Look at this map, what do you notice?

• Based on this CLIMATE region map

• How does where we live influence how we live?

Open Ended

NO WRONG ANSWERS, what do you remember about types of maps?