Geography

Label each continent on the map...

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

Europe

Africa

Australia

South America

North America

Asia

Antarctica

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

• how people dress

• 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

• what people eat

• 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:

• grid system

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

• latitude

• lines that circle the earth from pole to pole

• longitude

• 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

Western

Eastern

Prime Meridian

Label the different parts of the map below:

b

c

d

e

a

Scale

continents

oceans

compass rose

Map title

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

• housing prices

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• flight paths

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• population density

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• major battles of World War 1

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• spread of disease

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