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2nd NINE WEEKS REVIEW
Prime Meridian Imaginary line that cuts theworld into eastern and western hemispheres.
Imaginary lines that measure the distance a placeis east or west of the Prime Meridian are called:LINES OF LONGITUDE
What is this type of map projection called?
ROBINSONWhat is this projection most used for?
Data representation, most common in textbooks
What type of features that humans have created are typically shown on a map?
Look at this mapof the US.
Political Boundaries
What type of map?I’m a
PHYSICALMAP!
I’m a POLITICAL
MAP!
Shows features humanshave created.
Shows physical features.
NORTH POLE
SOUTH POLE
EQUATOR
Brrrrrr
Brrrrrrr
Hot, Hot, Hot!
high latitudes
mostly coldtemperatures
90
90
0
What factor most strongly influences a region’s
climate?
Latitude!
What causes the cultural characteristics of aregion to change over time?
• humans change and move • human innovation• cultural diffusion
DEFORESTATION
Ways humans influencetheir environment!
ACID RAIN
WATERPOLLUTION
Cultural RegionsRELIGION
MAJOR PRODUCTS
ETHNIC GROUPS
LATIN AMERIC
AMIDDLE EAST
Physical Regions
CLIMATE
VEGETATION
LANDFORMS
QUEBEC, CANADA
• FRENCH SPEAKING
• FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE
• MAJORITY OF FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADIANS LIVE HERE
1
2
3
4
1. CARIBBEAN REGION
3. SIBERIAN REGION2. NILE DELTA
4. GREAT PLAINS
1.2.
3.
4.
What kind of homes were common during Medieval times?
CASTLES
PACIFIC ISLAND GETAWAY
FALE WITH A THATCHED ROOF
Canada India
United States Yugoslavia
MOST UNIFIED
Christ RedeemerSt. Patrick’s CathedralRio de Janeiro, Brazil New York, NY
Christianity links people in North & South America
The coniferous forest found in the Subarctic Climate Region.
TAIGA
A region where temperatures are always
cool or cold and only certain specialized
plants can growWhich climate region?
TUNDRA
Caste System
Hindus of India
A social structure which dividespeople on the basis on inheritedsocial status.
KAABA MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA
ISLAM (MUSLIMS)
How would you describe the
climate of the Caribbean? TROPICAL!
Communism linked the formerSoviet Union and the EasternEuropean nations between
WWII and 1980
What is the name
of the coastal desert
found in Latin
America? ATACAMA!
Llanos
Pampas
Name the two
Grasslands found in Latin
America:LLANOS
&
PAMPAS!
OCEAN CURRENTS
1. They cause all coastal regions to have cool temperatures. 2. They cause all coastal regions to have warm temperatures
3. They have very little effect on the climate of a region.
4. They cause all coastal regions to have heavy rainfall.
5. They redistribute heat from one area of the ocean to another.
TRUE /FALSE
ONE LAST THING!
What type of government is shared by both the United States & Canada?
DEMOCRATIC!
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