Basic Geography

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North

• North is always at the top of a map

• If you can read a map north is at the top

North

• 2. What direction does North face on a Map?

East

• As long as you can read a map north is at the top.

• East will be on the right.

North

East

• 3. Where is EAST located on a map?

South

• If North is at the top, South is directly opposite of it.

• South is at the bottom of a map

South

North

East

• 4. Where is SOUTH located on a map?

West

• If North is at the top of a map, East is to the right, South is at the bottom.

• West will be on the left.

North

East

South

West

• 5. What direction is WEST on a map?

6. How to remember…

• For directional, North, East, South, West– NEVER

– EAT

– SHREADED

– WHEAT

NeverNorth

EATEast

SHREADEDSouth

WHEATWest

Longitude / Latitude

Latitude

• Latitude lines run from east to west.

• These lines do not move regardless of what

happens under them.

• These lines are measured in degrees starting at the equator which is 0 degrees

• 7. What are lines of Latitude?

Longitude• Longitude lines run North

and south

• These lines also do not move regardless of what happens under them.

• 8. What are lines of Longitude?

Longitude• Longitude is also

measured in degrees starting at Greenwich England. East of this line is called East Longitude, west is West longitude.

• The international date line is 180 degrees east and west longitude.

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How to Remember…

• I remember the rhyme “Lat is flat.”

• This way I know that latitude lines are the flat ones that you can lay things on and they run east and west.

• Longitude are the other lines that run from north to south.

• 9. How do I remember Longitude and Latitude?

The United States

North

East

South

West

Mountains

East

North

West

South

AppalachianMountains

RockyMountains

Western Mountains

Sierra NevadaCoastalRanges

Rocky Mountains

Major Lakes

These are called The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes

Lake Superior

LakeMichigan

LakeHuron

Lake Erie

LakeOntario

Remember the Great Lakes

• Use H.O.M.E.S• Huron• Ontario• Michigan• Erie• Superior

• 10. How do I remember the Great Lakes?

Western Lakes

The Great Salt Lake

Rivers Mississippi River

ColumbiaRiver

ColoradoRiver

Missouri River

OhioRiver

Platte R.

Arkansas R.Red River

Snake R.

Political Regions of the U.S.

Geographical Regions of the U.S.

Page 5 in textbook

Pacific CoastalRegion

ColumbiaPlateau

Great Basin

ColoradoPlateau

RockyMts Great

Plains

Gulf CoastalPlains

CentralPlains

Atlantic CoastalPlains

AppalachianHighlands

Other Information

• 7 Continents

• 4 Hemispheres

• 5 Oceans

Equator

• Located at zero degrees latitude and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Prime Meridian

• Located at zero degrees longitude, it divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.