For thousands of years people have searched for ways to better use the environment around them. This has led to many negative and positive effects.

List one way humans have changed (or changed for) the environment.

What is one negative AND one positive effect this change had on the environment or the people?

Example:

One change: Dam

Positive (good) Effect: Electricity, control flooding

Negative (bad) Effect: flooding areas to create dam, changes natural environment

Which geographical (physical) feature is more likely to cause an area to develop (economically, geographically, culturally) independently from others: an island or a peninsula? Why?

Island Peninsula

AB

D

C

Continents:

A ___________

B___________

Oceans:

C____________

D____________

Identify the following:

Which area is colder: the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (A) or Arctic and Antarctic Circles (B)?

A

B

B

What is the absolute location of point A? Point I?

It is 5:00 pm in Texas and you need to call your aunt in California. What time would it be in California if you called her at 5:00 pm Central Time?

If it were 4:00 am in Moscow, what time would it be in Calcutta?

a. 6:00 am

b. 7:00 am

c. 7:00 pm

d. 8:00 am

The part circled on the political map of China is called the _____________.

The map to the left is an example of a _________ map.

a. Political

b. Road

c. Thematic

d. Physical

Natural Resources in South Africa

Equator

The majority of the rainforests are located in which three continents?

What region of South Africa has most of the wild reserves?

What does that tell us about the geography of the area?

Natural Resources in South Africa

London Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Avg. Monthly Rainfall [inches]

3.0 2.0 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1

Avg. Daily Temperatures [°F] 38.3 38.8 42.1 46.9 53.1 58.3 61.9 60.1 54.7 49.6 43.0 39.0

Luxor Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Avg. Monthly Rainfall [inches]

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Avg. Daily Temperatures [°F] 58.1 62.8 71.2 80.8 87.3 90.5 91.6 89.4 85.5 78.6 66.9 60.4

Which city is likely to have a desert climate? Why?

According to average temperature and rainfall, in which city would you prefer to live?

London, England

Luxor, Egypt

Average Rainfall Precipitation (inches)

and Temperature (°F) in Selected Cities

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2

4

6

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United States Australia Germany Netherlands Japan France

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Unemployment Rate** (%) for Selected Countries

*2011 is a projected rate

Which country (countries) would you likely move to if you were looking for a job? Why?

**Unemployment Rate: the percentage of people who do not have a job

*

An oil reserve is the amount of oil in the ground which can easily be brought to the surface.

Fill in the blank:

By looking at the chart, one can infer that ____________ has the largest economy based on oil because _______.