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GEOGRAPHY
WORLD
Hemispheres
EQUATOR
latitude
PRIME MERIDIAN
longitude
Continents
NORTH
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
EUROPE
ASIA
ANTARCTICA
COUNTRIES – are part of continents
SOUTH
AMERICA
ASIA
STATES – are part of countries
SOUTH
AMERICA
ASIA
counties – are part of states
cities/towns are part of counties
ASIA
CONTINENT
COUNTRY
STATE
COUNTY
CITY/TOWN
Mountains
BIGGEST
formed by
plates
colliding
WATER
ATLANTIC
PACIFIC
Gulf of
Mexico
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
WATER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, &
Hawaiian Islands
formed by
running
water
formed by
glaciers
formed by
volcanoes
MAP GRID
Political map
shows
boundaries
Physical map
shows
landforms
and
water
Elevation map
shows
elevation
of area in
comparison
to sea level
Population map
shows
areas of
high and
low
population
Natural Resource map
shows
where
resources
of an area
can be
found
Climate map
Map Key
Distance Scale
Compass rose
Remember: to determine the
direction of movement, you MUST
be careful of your starting location
and move from there.
Even though this line can go
northwest or southeast, YOU can
only go one direction on it –
depending on your starting point!
Practice Direction
NORTH SOUTH
Climate
very cold winters; a lot of snow
hot Summers
Climate
mild winters
very hot summers
near water, wet & humid
REGIONS
DESERT
PLAINS
mountains
mountains
tundra
rainforest
REGIONS
CACTUS
GRASSLANDS
THICK
FORESTS
THICK
FORESTS
PALM
TREESPALM
TREES
CYPRESS
TREES
HOW PEOPLE MODIFY LAND
IRRIGATION
DUST
BOWL
&
pesticide
s
CUTTIN
G
TR
EES
CU
T
T
IN
G
T
R
E
E
S
LEVEES
DRAININ
G
SWAMPS
MINING
U.S. LANGUAGES
ALL REGIONS MAINLY ENGLISH
Some Spanish Some
French
Some
Spanish
POPULATION OF REGIONS
BIG CITIES of New
York, Boston,
Philadelphia formed
because of Atlantic
coast = large
populations
DIVERSITY
DIVERSITY
High Population of
African Americans
due to slavery
High Population of
Natives to
reservations
High Population of
Hispanic due to
Mexican-American
War
ECONOMICS OF REGIONSFishing&Shipping
Fishing&Shipping
Fishing & Shipping
FARMING
LUMBER
tourism
tourism
tourism
oil
oil
tourism
coal
NATURAL DISASTERS OF REGIONS
EARTHQUAKES
HURRICANES
& FLOODS
TORNADOES
volcanoes&
tsunamis
tsunamis
Region Overview
Physical Economic Vegetation Natural
Disasters
Northeast mountains
forests
coastline
fishing
shipping
tourism
thick forests some
tornadoes
Southeast wetlands
gulf coast
fishing
shipping
oil
Cypress trees
Palm trees
hurricanes
floods
Midwest plains
Great Lakes
agriculture grasslands tornadoes
Southwest deserts
Grand Canyon
oil cactus some
tornadoes
Western mountains
tundra
rainforest
fishing
shipping
tourism
lumber
Palm trees
thick forests
earthquakes
tsunamis
MIGRATION
Colonists–Pilgrims,Puritans
–mainlyreligiousfreedom
LATER : Irish –
escape famine &
Germans – escape
political
oppression
EVEN LATER –
WESTWARD
EXPANSION
due to
LA
PURCHASE,
GOLD RUSH
COMMUNITIES
RURAL URBAN SUBURBAN
the “country” The “big city”
a lot of people, tall
buildings
in-between
more spread out,
but still close to city
farms factories / big
businesses
homes mainly,
people work in
urban city and live
in suburban
community
early America diverse populations less diverse – a lot
of families

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