1. WORLDWORLD
GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY
USE YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZERUSE YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

2. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
• Study of everything on Earth, from rocks andStudy of everything on Earth, from rocks and
rainfall to people and placesrainfall to people and places
• Study how natural environment influencesStudy how natural environment influences
peoplepeople
• Study how people’s activities affect EarthStudy how people’s activities affect Earth
• Study how world is changingStudy how world is changing
• Important part is perspective (the way aImportant part is perspective (the way a
person looks at something)person looks at something)

3. MAP ESSENTIALSMAP ESSENTIALS
• Maps areMaps are visual representationsvisual representations ofof
geographic informationgeographic information
• Standard ways that maps show informationStandard ways that maps show information
– SymbolsSymbols
– ColorColor
– LinesLines
– BoundariesBoundaries
– ContoursContours

4. What are the
parts of the
map that you
see?
Why are they
important?

5. MAP ELEMENTS: COMPASSMAP ELEMENTS: COMPASS
ROSEROSE
• Directional indicator (shows directions)Directional indicator (shows directions)
identifies orientationidentifies orientation
• Most common is theMost common is the
compass rosecompass rose
– Cardinal directionsCardinal directions
• north, south, east and westnorth, south, east and west
– Intermediate directionsIntermediate directions
• northeast, southeast, northwest, southwestnortheast, southeast, northwest, southwest

6. MAP ELEMENTS: SCALEMAP ELEMENTS: SCALE
• Used toUsed to representrepresent
distancesdistances betweenbetween
points on a mappoints on a map
• Areas can beAreas can be
represented using arepresented using a
variety of scalesvariety of scales
• Amount of detailAmount of detail
shown on a map isshown on a map is
dependent on thedependent on the
scale usedscale used

7. MAP ELEMENTS:MAP ELEMENTS:
LEGENDLEGEND
• Explains what the symbols meanExplains what the symbols mean
• Also called aAlso called a KeyKey

8. LINES OF LATITUDELINES OF LATITUDE
• East-west linesEast-west lines
which measurewhich measure
distances northdistances north
and south of theand south of the
equatorequator
• Measured inMeasured in
degreesdegrees
• Also calledAlso called
parallelsparallels

9. LINES OF LONGITUDELINES OF LONGITUDE
• North-south linesNorth-south lines
which measurewhich measure
distances east anddistances east and
west of thewest of the PrimePrime
MeridianMeridian
• Measured inMeasured in
degreesdegrees
• Also calledAlso called
meridiansmeridians

10. • Leave the Types of Maps section of
your graphic organizer blank. We
will come back to that next week.