1. Geography

2. What is Geography?
“the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities.”
Oxford Dictionary Online
Geography is the study of the physical world, and our place in it. The study of how we affect the environment, and how it affects us.

3. Geography: What is it? How do we use it?
What are the types of geography?
Physical – we will study the land of Canada
Human – we will study how Canadians settled on the land and used the land
Environmental – we will the influence of weather
Regional – we will focus on BC’s geography

4. The world is a vast and diverse place . . .

5. The Sahara Desert

6. Egypt

7. The Countryside of England

8. Canadian Prairies

9. Swamp

10. Greece

11. Rice farms in Japan

12. The Canadian Arctic

13. Badland National Park (South Dakota)

14. Caribbean Sea

15. Everglades, Florida

16. Grasslands

17. Grand Canyon

18. Glaciers and Tornadoes

19. Freezing Rain

20. Iguazu Falls, South America

21. Mountain Ranges

22. Machu Picchu, Peru

23. Lightning

24. Temperate Rain Forest (BC)

25. Arctic Tundra

26. Volcano!

27. Yellowstone National Park

28. Tropical Rainforest

29. Budapest, Hungary

30. Vancouver

31. A round world becomes a flat map
A round world becomes a flat map. The way the map is drawn makes a big difference in the accuracy of the map, and for our perspective.

32. These maps are very different. Which is better? More accurate?

33. What about this map? Is it really upside down?

34. Geography Review Notes
What types of maps are there?
Thematic maps: 1 purpose, ex. Population or world trade
Political maps: shows boundaries like countries, provinces, and cities
Physical maps: topographic maps

35. Thematic Maps This map shows world hunger rates

36. Religions of the World

37. Political Map: Canada

38. Geography Review Notes
-large land mass that make up most of the surface of the earth (usually composed of multiple countries).
-major body of continuous salt water circling the globe.
What are continents?
What are oceans?

39. Geography Review Notes
What are the continents and oceans?

40. Physical Maps: This is a Topographic Map it uses contour lines to show elevation

41. The contour lines on this topographic Map show a mountain

42. Geography Review Notes
Title: type of map
Legend: deciphers symbols on map
Scale: The measurement on the map relative to the real world
Because it is impossible to draw everything life size, scale allows us to see the whole.
Statement scale: 1 cm : 3 km
Representative scale: 1: 300
Linear scale:
Directions: compass
Location: ex. Latitude and Longitude
What will you find on a map?

43. Directions: The Compass Rose on the map show direction.

44. Geography Review Notes
What are Lines of Latitude? What are they used for?
-artificial lines that run around the earth in an east west direction, but measure distances north south.
also called parallels.
Important ones:
North Pole
(90 N)
Arctic Circle
(66.5 N)
Tropic of Cancer
(23.5 N)
Equator (0)
Tropic of Capricorn
(23.5 S)

45. Geography Review Notes
-artificial lines that run around the earth in a north south direction, but measure distances east west.
also called meridians. Important ones:
Prime Meridian (0)
International Date Line (180)
What are Lines of Longitude?

46. Geography Review Notes
What are lines of Longitude used for?
Location
Time zones
There are 24 time zones, separated by Lines of Longitude
The Prime Meridian is 0 and the home of Universal time (Greenwich Mean Time)
The International Date line (180) is where 1 day becomes the next
East = add hours
West = subtract hours

47. World Time zone Map

48. Canadian time zone map

49. Latitude and Longitude

52. Geography Review Notes
What are Hemispheres?
The 4 quadrants of the earth divided into north, south, east, and west.

53. The END