Geography

Label each continent on the map...

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

South America

Asia

Africa

Europe

Antarctica

Australia

North America

Consider that the location of countries effects history. What invention would have allowed FIRST contact between Europe and North and South America?

• boat

• horse and carriage

• automobile

• the internet

Match each way geography effects culture with its example:

• how people travel

• Texas and California having Hispanic influence due to a close proximity to Mexico

• what people eat

• Tourists and citizens using trains to travel within European countries

• how people dress

• Inuit of the Canadian Arctic eat seal and caribou

• who people interact with

• Native Hawaiians wear grass skirts made from the leaves found on their island

A globe is:

• a scale model of the earth

• how our phones use GPS

• accurate in distance, area, and direction

• a symbolic representation of the earth

A map:

• is a symbolic representation of all or part of the planet

• is a scale model of the entire earth

• no longer valuable now that GPS exists

• can show small areas in great detail

Match the following with its definition:

• latitude

• lines that circle the earth parallel to the equator in degrees

• longitude

• lines that circle the earth from pole to pole

• grid system

• a pattern of lines on a map or globe that determine exact locations on earths surface

Label the Equator and Northern and Southern hemispheres:

b

c

a

Northern

Southern

Equator

Label the Prime Meridian and Eastern and Western hemispheres:

b

c

a

Eastern

Prime Meridian

Western

Label the different parts of the map below:

b

c

d

e

a

compass rose

oceans

Scale

Map title

continents

Do your best to match the thematic map with what information it is showing.

• flight paths

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• population density

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• spread of disease

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• housing prices

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• major battles of World War 1

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