1. World Geography
use your graphic organizer

2. What Is Geography?
Study of everything on Earth, from rocks and rainfall to people and places
Study how natural environment influences people
Study how people’s activities affect Earth
Study how world is changing
Important part is perspective (the way a person looks at something)

3. Map Essentials
Maps are visual representations of geographic information
Standard ways that maps show information
Symbols
Color
Lines
Boundaries
Contours

4. This map shows a lot of color?
What do the different colors represent?

5. Map Elements: Compass Rose
Directional indicator (shows directions) identifies orientation
Most common is the
compass rose
Cardinal directions
north, south, east and west
Intermediate directions
northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest

6. Which one do you like best?
Simple, but nice
Too complicated???
Has the Cardinal & Intermediate Points
Truthfully, this one is from “Lord of the Rings”

7. Map Elements: Scale
Used to represent distances between points on a map
Areas can be represented using a variety of scales
Amount of detail shown on a map is dependent on the scale used

8. Map Elements: Scale
According to the scale, about how far is it from Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Montgomery, Alabama?

9. Map Elements: Legend
Explains what the symbols mean
Also called a Key

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

11. Lines of latitude
East-west lines which measure distances north and south of the equator
Measured in degrees
Also called parallels

12. Lines of longitude
North-south lines which measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian
Measured in degrees
Also called meridians