Geography

Label each continent on the map...

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

Africa

Australia

South America

Asia

Antarctica

Europe

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

• who people interact with

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

• how people dress

• Inuit of the Canadian Arctic eat seal and caribou

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:

• longitude

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

• grid system

• lines that circle the earth from pole to pole

• latitude

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

Label the Equator and Northern and Southern hemispheres:

b

c

a

Northern

Equator

Southern

Label the Prime Meridian and Eastern and Western hemispheres:

b

c

a

Eastern

Western

Prime Meridian

Label the different parts of the map below:

b

c

d

e

a

compass rose

Map title

oceans

continents

Scale

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

• population density

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• spread of disease

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• flight paths

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• housing prices

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• major battles of World War 1

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