starter 1.what is a region? 2.what two geographic factors play into the creation of regions? turn to...
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STARTER1. What is a region?2. What two geographic factors play into the
creation of regions?TURN TO PAGE 29 IN YOUR BOOK TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
3. Using your map key, draw the symbol for a major city?4. Using your scale bar, 1 inch on the map equals how
many miles in real life?5. Find the distance from New Delhi, India to Bangalore,
India.6. Draw an 8 sided compass rose.
Our Earth’s Continentsand Oceans
7.3.2Locate the Earth’s major physical characteristics
(i.e., 7 continents, 4 oceans)
We need a mental picture of the whole world, not just certain parts of it. This is “big geography.”
South America
Africa
How many continents are there?
Nine? One?
Seven? Five?Four?
The conventional map of seven continents
But what IS a continent?
But what IS a continent?
Conventional definition of a continentA large mass of land surrounded, or nearly surrounded, by
water.
If that is the conventional definition, why are Europe and Asia separate continents?
Since the nineteenth century, most scholars have accepted the Ural Mountains as part of the dividing Line between “Europe” and “Asia” as
continents.
The Urals as a border between continents? They are not that impressive.
Ura
l Mts.
Another part of the dividing line:Bosporus and Dardanelles
(Straits)
EUROPE
ASIA
So, why is Europe a continent?
European scholars of the nineteenth century decided that
it should be one.
One of the benefits of having power in the world is that you
get to name things!
European scholars of the nineteenth century decided that
it should be one.
One of the benefits of having power in the world is that you
get to name things!
Asia + Europe = Eurasia
E U R A S I A
Africa + Asia + Europe = Afroeurasia
A F R O E U R A S I A
Think of Afroeurasia as having some seas “inside” it.
Black SeaCaspian SeaMediterranean Sea Persian GulfRed Sea
You figure out which is which?
Another feature of big geography isthe earth’s great mountain chains
Mountains have been barriers to human communication. But passes across them have also served as
“valves” of communication.
So, how many continents?
• Afroeurasia• Australia• North America• South America• Antarctica
• Afroeurasia• Australia• Americas• Antarctica
But is it possible to think of North and
South America as ONE continent?
But is it possible to think of North and
South America as ONE continent?
Are theAmericasonecontinentor two?Try to think of
the Gulf of Mexico and the CaribbeanSea as bodiesof water “inside”the Americas.
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
AND OCEANS…
ITS REALLY ALL ONE BIG OCEAN!