longitude latitude. which map shows a greater land area?

Longitude Latitude

Which map shows a greater land area?

What are two reference points that appear on both maps?

Which map would you use to get a more exact measurement of the distance from Kuwait City to Al Jahrah? Why?

What countries and body of water appear on both maps?

What places labeled on Map B are not labeled on Map A? Why are these places not labeled on Map A?

On which map would it be easier to determine the approximate distance across Kuwait from east to west? Why?

Review for Tomorrow’s MAJOR QUIZ

What are the Five themes in Geography?

1. Regions

2. Place

3. Location

4. Human-Environment Interaction

5. Movement

Two types of locationAbsolute Location – its exact position on the globe

Relative Location –a places relative location compared to another place

3 Types of RegionsFormal Regions – are areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.

Example: Corn Belt in the United StatesFunctional Regions – consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it

Ex: Dallas – Forth Worth MetroplexPerceptual Regions – are defined by people’s feelings and attitudes about areas. Ex: The South, Great Plains

Weathering – is the breakdown of rock at or near the earth’s surface into smaller and smaller pieces

Mechanical Weathering –

occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.

Example. Water freezes to ice in a crack of the rock.

Chemical Weathering – alters the chemical makeup of the rock

EX : Acid Rain

Erosion – is the movement of weathered materials such as : gravel, soil, sand

The largest canyons and the deepest valleys on earth were created in part by moving water.

Running water is : The Greatest agent in erosion

Review for Tomorrows Exam

Name the following Continents or Oceans

1. 90S, 30E __________________ 2. 0,0___________________________

3. 15S, 60W__________________ 4. 30S, 135E______________________

5. 45N, 90E__________________ 6. 30N, 150W_____________________

7. Draw a

Compass Rose

8. Label the two major lines of latitude and longitude on the map