Warm-up

1. Copy HW

2. Start by defining the term geography on page 5 in your notebook

Essential Questions

How does where people live affect how they live?

Why study social studies?

Geography

The study of the earth’s physical and human features and the interaction between them

Physical Features

Describe the nature of a place!

Volcanoes Oceans Mountains

Human Features

What have people created in a certain area!

Airports Monuments Roads

The Uses For Geography

Finding Energy Sources

Opening up businesses in new countries

Helping feed the poor

Spatial Terms-Location

Where is it?

Relative location-in relation to something else

Absolute location-exact spot

Absolute Location

Longitude- (meridians) circle the earth pole to pole, and measure distance east to west of the Prime Meridian

Latitude- (parallels) circle the earth parallel to the equator, and measure distance north and south of the equator

Location Terms

Equator- circles the earth like a belt, divides the earth into hemispheres, equator is 0 degrees latitude

Hemisphere- ½ sphere– (Northern, southern, eastern, western)

Prime Meridian- line that runs from north to south, everything to the east of the PM for 180 degrees is the eastern hemisphere while everything to the west of the PM for 180 degrees is the western hemisphere. The PM runs through Greenwich England and is located at 0 degrees longitude.

Trying it out!!!!!

NY 45 degrees N, 65 degrees W

Capetown 35 degrees S, 25 degrees E

Lisbon 40 degrees N, 10 degrees W

Map Work-Longitude and latitude

Please complete numbers 4-18 4- 0 degrees 5- 0 degrees 6- North/Northeast 7- Sydney 8- Capetowm 9- West 10- 0 degrees and 30 degrees E 11- Europe, Africa, antart 12- 75 deg South 13- PM (0 deg ) and 30 deg W 14- Rio, BA 15- 15deg N and 30 deg N 16- West 17- 120 deg W 18- EQ (0 deg) 20 deg S, 40 deg S

Temperature zones Please complete 1-9 on your temperature zones

worksheet

Enrichment/Bonus Questions:

In which temperature zone do most people live???

Which countries in the world are the most populated?

Why do most people live there?

ClosureLongitude and Latitude

Practice Questions

Moscow=

Tokyo=