1. GEOGRAPHY
REVIEW UNIT

2. GEOGRAPHY – THE STUDY OF THE EARTH & THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE ON IT & USE IT ENVIRONMENT – SURROUNDINGS IN WHICH PEOPLE, PLANTS, & ANIMALS LIVE

3. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
DESCRIPTION OF PLACE
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
MOVEMENT
REGION (PHYSICAL & CULTURAL FEATURES THAT DIFFER BETWEEN AREAS)

4. CONTINENTS & OCEANS CONTINENTS OCEANS NORTH AMERICA *ATLANTIC
SOUTH AMERICA *PACIFIC
AFRICA *INDIAN
ASIA *ARCTIC
ANTARCTICA *SOUTHERN
AUSTRALIA
EUROPE

5. HEMISPHERE – ½ OF THE EARTH
NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE
EQUATOR
SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE
HEMISPHERE – ½ OF THE EARTH
EQUATOR – IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST AND DIVIDES THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMSIPHERES

6. WESTERN
HEMISPHERE
PRIME
MERIDIAN
EASTERN
HEMISPHERE
PRIME MERIDIAN – IMAGINARY LINE THAT RUNS NORTH & SOUTH AND DIVIDES THE WESTERN AND EASTERN HEMISPHERES

7. TYPES OF MAPS
POLITICAL – SHOWS COUNTRIES, CAPITALS, CITIES, & OTHER POLITICAL FEATURES
PHYSICAL – SHOWS THE NATURAL FEATURES OF THE EARTH (MTS, RIVERS)
DISTRIBUTION – SHOWS THINGS LIKE RAINFALL, POPULATION, LANGUAGE, AND RELIGION
SCALE – TELLS HOW MUCH SMALLER MAP DISTANCES ARE THAN REAL DISTANCES
MAP KEY – EXPLAINS WHAT SYMBOLS STAND FOR

8. VOCABULARY
LINES OF LATITUDE – (ALSO CALLED PARALLELS) IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN EAST AND WEST AND MEASURE THE DISTANCE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR
LINES OF LONGITUDE –(ALSO CALLED MERIDIANS) IMAGINARY LINES THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH AND MEASURE THE DISTANCE EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN

9. FACTORS THAT AFFECT CLIMATE LATITUDE – how far away from
the equator a place is located. The
closer a place is to the equator the
warmer it is.
2. ALTITUDE – the height above sea
level. The higher up – the cooler
it is.
3. OCEAN CURRENTS – warm
currents heat the air above & cold
currents cool the air above.