Warm-up

•How would you describe the area in which you live? What are the land and climate like?

Question

•How can people affect geography?

Definitions

•Physical Region- The Earth’s natural environment.

•Climate- The pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time.

•Read pg 5.

Questions

•What is the largest land region?

•What is climate?

• How might physical regions and climate regions be the same for a country?

World Cultures

•Cultural Region- area defined by common traditions, beliefs, occupations, activities, arts and languages.

•Read pg 6.

QuestionHow might cultural regions differ from

geographical regions.

Cultural Region Physical Region

How to read a Map

• Check the direction of the map.

• Understand the map scale. (The relationship between distances on the map and real distances.

• Identify the latitude and longitude.

• Read the contour lines. (The closer together the steeper the landform. The further apart the flatter the landform)

• Examine the legend. (Understand what the symbols on the map mean.)

Look at pg H13 for extra help.

DogsTailsHow to read a Map.

• Date: when the map was madeOrientation: direction (north arrow or compass rose)Grid: lines that cross to form squaresScale: map distanceTitle: what, where, and whenAuthor: who made the mapIndex: the part of the grid where specific information can be locatedLegend: what the symbols meanSources: who provided information for the map