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O1

History

6th Grade Social Studies

Unit 1.1 Geography Skills

Start

Goals

Identify land forms and bodies of water

learn about types of maps

Climate

Learn map tools

5 Themes of Geography

Culture

The map key, scale, and compass rose

Academic Vocabulary: map key - tells what the symbols on a map mean physical map - a map showing features of the earth such as mountains and rivers political map - map that shows borders between states or countries scale bar - the feature on a map that tells how a measured space on the map relates to the actual distance on Earth compass rose - the feature on a map that shows direction

Political Map
  • Borders
  • States
  • Countries
  • Major Lakes
  • Oceans
Scale
A political map has
Political Map
Key
Who knows what the horizontal and vertical lines are?
Physical Map
Key
  • Mountains
  • Rivers
  • Regions
  • geographical features
Physical Map:
Region: large area with similiar characteristics

Alfonso Alvarez de Pineda was a Spanish conquistor..a soldier - explorer.

click the link... what did Pineda map in 1519?
Longitude and Latitude
Latitude and longitude is the same thing as the coordinate grid with an x and y axis.
always vertical lines
always horizontal lines
Let's try some !
Rember, you are looking for where the lines of latitude and longitude intersect.
The 5 Themes of Geography
Location: knowing the exact location of a place, using longitude and latitude, or address of a building.
  • factories cause air pollution
  • planting crops
  • turbines
  • hiking
  • building a dam
  • swimming in the ocean
  • hiking
Place - What does it look like when you get there?
HEI

Movement

Region, is concerned with how areas are similar or different based on their physical or cultural characteristics. Various factors such as language, religion, political boundaries, climate, landforms, and economic systems can define regions

Movement - people move because lack of resources, economic opportunity, war, or cultural differences.

Cultural diffusion is when cultural traits spread from one society to another.

Landforms and Bodies of Water
click the link to see landforms and bodies of water

Many factors affect climate. These factors include the sun, oceans, winds, land types, clouds, and human activities. Sunlight affects climate by hitting Earth unevenly. Places near the Equator receive lots of strong sunlight throughout the year. This gives them a hot climate year-round. Places far from the Equator get less strong sunlight, and so they are cooler.

Culture
What is Culture? Culture is what makes you, you.
  • clothes you wear
  • hair style
  • food you eat
  • area you live in
  • language
  • religion
  • art you like
  • music you like
Elements of Culture: