Chapter 2 - Lessons 1 & 2 Studying Geography, Economics
Chapter 2 - Lessons 1 & 2 Studying Geography, Economics
How does geography influence the way people live?
Why do people trade? Why do people form
governments?
Lesson 1 How Does Geography Influence the Way People Live?
Geography helps us understand our place in the world.
What methods do geographers use to show the Earth's surface?
A globe is a spherical scale model of the Earth and is the most accurate way to show the Earth.
A globe best shows the sizes of continents and the shapes of landmasses and bodies of water.
Globes also show true distance and
HOWEVER - Globes are Not as Easy to Carry as Maps
Both Maps & Globes are marked with imaginary lines used to locate places on the Earth's surface and divide the Earth into halves called hemispheres
MAPS
Maps are flat drawings of all of part of the Earth's surface
Maps can show small areas in great detail
Maps can show political borders, populations densities and many other specific details
Maps can be folded and easily carried in a pocket or in a car
HOWEVER
Maps cannot show true size, shape, distance and direction at the same time
HEMISPHERE - a "half sphere" used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into NOrth and South or East and West
Everything north of the Equator is in the NORTHERN Hemisphere.
Everything south of the Equator is in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere.
Everything east of the Prime Meridian is in the EASTERN Hemisphere
Everything west of the Prime Meridian is in the WESTERN hemisphere
Latitude & Longitude
Latitude - imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator
Longitude - imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Latitude and Longitude lines cross one another forming a pattern called a grid system
The grid system makes it possible to find the ABSOLUTE LOCATION of a place. This is the exact spot where the lines cross.
An Absolute Location is written in degrees and minutes
The Equator is at 0 degrees latitude The North Pole is at latitude 90
degrees North The Prime Meridian is located at 0
degrees longitude
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