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Use your text book to complete the following task…

• Provide at least three ways topnyms are selected.

• List and describe at least three different ways topnyms are selected.

How geographers describe location.

1. Toponym 2. Site 3. Situation4. Mathematical locations

Write this down

• Topnym- is the name given to a place on Earth.

Site

• The physical characteristic of a place. This includes…..•Climate •Water sources •Vegetation• Elevation

Situation

• The location of place relative to the other places • Example: Some locations encourage trade

because they are in the pathway of major trade routes.

Categorilla • Identify the nations listed on the map.• What are you mapping out?

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!

3rd map- Mountains

Mathmatical Location

• Meridian- line drawn between the North and South Poles • Parallel- is a circle drawn around the globe to the equator • Longitude- also known as meridian. The location of each

meridian is identified on the earths surface according to a numbering system ( remember LONGitude) • Prime meridian = 0• Latitude= The numbering system to indicate the location

of a parallel. (remember LADDERtude, because it goes up like a ladder) • Times zones- are normally identified in 15 degrees.

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf

Activity!!

•What type of region is it?

Map quiz

• You will have 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

• If you talk you will get a zero

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