Maps and Location Identification

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Maps and Location Identification

• Countries (states), regions, USA states

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South America
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Political Map of South AmericaInclude
Galapagos Islands Straits of Magellan on your
map
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Middle America, Central America, Caribbean
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Latin America Blank Map
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Central Asia (-stan countries)
REGIONS of ASIA
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Purple Northern Asia Blue Central Asia Dark
Brown Middle East Tan East Asia Red/Pink
South East Asia Green South Asia
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East Southeast AsiaRegions
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• Region known as
• South Asia

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• The
• Mid-East
• (or SW
• Asian)
• Countries

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Middle East/North Africa Region (w/ Israel Inset)
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• Israeli (in Middle East) Territory Annexation
  (Occupation) History

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North Africa/Middle East (SW Asia) Practice Map
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Practice map for SE Asia
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East South Asia ( some Central Asia) Practice
Map
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• Eurasia

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• Eastern Hemisphere (but parts of Africa left off)

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• Which is a(n).. A
• ..cartogram?
• ..chloropleth map?
• ..economic map?
• B
• C

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• Scale

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Modern Greece
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• Eastern
• European
• Countries

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Balkan CountriesWhat goes into the ? small
white area NW of Macedonia??
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Another View of the Volatile BalkansAEuropean
Powder Keg
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Climate regions of Africa
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Landforms of Africa
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Some Island nations off of Western coast of
Africa
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Worlds Newest Country South SudanSometimes
shown as Southern Sudan
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East Timor
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• Above
• 3 basic
• shapes of
• maps
• 3 circular
• maps are all
• Azimuthal

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Outline Maps

• Following this slide are various OUTLINE maps you
  may print out and use to practice with

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• Europe

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• Africa

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5 Themes of Geography

• Location
• absolute (mathematical latitude/longitude)
  exact specific place
• relative where is it in relation to other
  things/places (near China, w/ access to various
  water routes)

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2. Human/Environment Interaction
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3. Region
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4. Place
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5. Movement