(7)Seven Large LandsVariety of Maps

The ArcticAncient Rome & Byzantium

The Renaissance

Weichen LinSocial StudiesMs. Williams

Vocabulary

• Passage (reading passage):• Destination:• Location:• Landmark:• Defeated:• Spectators:• Untapped:

7 Contients

Continents (7 large lands in world!)“chunks (pieces) of land”

• Largest to Smallest:– Asia– Africa– North America– South America– Antarctica– Europe– Australia

Variety of Maps

Picture:

Maps – Borders of Tectonic Plates

• Picture: • What is a tectonic plate?

Maps - Vents

• Picture • What is a volcano?• What is a vent?

Maps - Earthquakes

• Picture • What is an earthqake?

• What is earth’s crust?

Maps – Ring of Fire

Picture of Ring of Fire Map Information about Ring of Fire• What is the ring of fire?• Where is it located?• Why is it unique?

Maps - Elevation

Picture Elevation maps• What is elevation?• What do elevation maps show

us?• What shows the elevation on

maps?• If the rings are really far apart,

then it means the land is flat (low). So if the rings are closer together, that means the land is higher or lower?

• What does color on elevation maps show us?

More information about maps!Maps can show us water too, not just land.

• Picture of map of water:• Picture of map of weather:• Map of clouds:

More questions:• What is a cartographer?• What is the definition of

“illustrate”?• What are two different

things a weather map can show?

• List all the types of maps you’ve learned about:

The Arctic

Picture:

The Arctic

Describe the Arctic:• Where is it located?• Does anyone on the arctic?• What is the weather like there?• Are temperatures getting colder or

warming in the Arctic?• What is causing it to get warmer

and the ice to melt according to scientists?

• What is global warming?• According to scientists, the ice in

the Arctic might all be melted and gone by what year?

Territories• What is a territory?• What countries want to

own the arctic?• Why do they want to own

the Arctic (what natural resource is there underground)?

Continental Shelf

Picture Continental Shelf Information• What is a continental shelf?• Under law, countries

(nations) own about how many miles of sea (ocean) around their country?

• Why do countries want to own the Arctic?

The Arctic Circle

Picture The Arctic Circle Information• What is the Arctic Circle?• What countries have land

inside the Arctic Circle?

The Arctic People - Inuits

Picture of Arctic People (Inuit) Information about Arctic People:

• What are people who live in the Arctic called?

• How many people live there?

The Arctic Animals

Picture of Arctic Animals Information about Arctic Animals:

• What kind of animals live in the arctic?

• How many polar bears live there?

• Would you like to live in the Arctic???

Ancient Rome & Byzantium

Rome, Italy

picture information• What is a capital?• What country is Rome the

capital of?• Do people like to visit Rome

(is it a popular tourist destination)?

• Why do people like to visit Rome?

Ancient (old) Rome

Pictures:• Rome Coliseum• Gladiators

Information about Coliseum:• What is a coliseum?• In ancient Rome, what was the

coliseum used for?• What did people fight in the

coliseum in ancient Rome?• What are gladiators?• Did they get to choose to

fight?• Who decided if the gladiator

would live or die?• How did the people vote?

The RenaissanceItaly

The Renaissance

Picture Information• What is the Renaissance?• When did the Renaissance

occur?• What shape is the country

of Italy in?• What sea surrounds Italy?

Italy and Trade

Pictures• Trade in Italy in 14th and 15th

century• Merchants in 14th and 15th

century

Information• Who did (or led) the most

trade in the 14th and 15th century?

• What are merchants?• What did merchants do?• What does crossroads

mean?

The Middle Class and ArtsEconomy

Information• What is middle class?• What is class structure?• What is Economy?• What is Middle Ages?• What is the feudal system?• Why was Italy more

receptive (open) to change during the Renaissance?

• What are the two classes in the feudal system?

• What are peasants?• How could people make

money?• What did the middle class

realize?