Geography

Label each continent on the map...

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

Europe

South America

Australia

Asia

North America

Antarctica

Africa

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:

• who people interact with

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

• what people eat

• Inuit of the Canadian Arctic eat seal and caribou

• how people travel

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

• how people dress

• Tourists and citizens using trains to travel within European countries

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

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

• longitude

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

• grid system

• lines that circle the earth from pole to pole

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

Prime Meridian

Eastern

Western

Label the different parts of the map below:

b

c

d

e

a

continents

Scale

Map title

oceans

compass rose

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

• spread of disease

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• flight paths

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• housing prices

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• population density

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• major battles of World War 1

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