south america
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South America. Political Map of South America *Include Galapagos Islands & Straits of Magellan on your map. Middle America, Central America, & Caribbean. Latin America Blank Map. Central Asia (“-stan” countries) REGIONS of ASIA. Purple : Northern Asia - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
South America
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Political Map of South
America
*Include Galapagos Islands & Straits of
Magellan on your map
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Middle America, Central America, & Caribbean
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Latin America
Blank Map
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Central Asia (“-stan” countries) REGIONS of ASIA
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Purple: Northern AsiaBlue: Central AsiaDark Brown: Middle EastTan: East AsiaRed/Pink: South East AsiaGreen: South Asia
East &
Southeast Asia
Regions
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Region known as
South Asia
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The Mid-East (or SW Asian)Countries
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Middle East/North Africa Region (w/ Israel Inset)
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Israeli (in Middle East) Territory Annexation (Occupation) History
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Practice map for SE
Asia
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East & South Asia (& some Central Asia) Practice Map
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Eurasia
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Eastern Hemisphere (but parts of Africa left off)
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Which is a(n).. A ..cartogram?..chloropleth map?..economic map?
BC
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Scale
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Modern Greece
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EasternEuropeanCountries
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Balkan Countries:What goes into the small white area NW of Macedonia??
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Another View of
the Volatile Balkans:
AEuropean Powder
Keg
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North Africa/Middle East (SW Asia) Practice Map
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Climate regions of Africa
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Landforms of Africa
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Some Island
nations off of
Western coast of Africa
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World’s Newest Country: South Sudan
Sometimes shown as Southern Sudan
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BELOW are the countries of
Southern and East Africa in alphabetical order.
FIND the country on the map….WHICH letter is on that country?
NOTE: some letters used more than once….
BUBBLE IN letter that for the country’s number on the the scantron.
Angola ___Botswana___Burundi___Comoros___Djibouti___Eritrea___Ethiopia___Kenya___Lesotho___Madagascar___Malawi___Mauritius___Mozambique___Namibia___Rwanda___Seychelles___Somalia___South Africa___South Sudan___Swaziland___Tanzania___Uganda___Zambia___Zimbabwe___
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North Africa: Bodies of WaterArabian Sea
Algeria Black SeaChad Caspian SeaEgypt Persian Gulf Libya Strait of HormuzMoroccoNigerSinai PeninsulaSudanTunisiaWestern SaharaSouthwest AsiaBahrainLebanonIranIraqIsraelJordanKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab Emirates (UAR) Yemen 38
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East Timor
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Above: 3 basic shapes of maps3 circular maps are all Azimuthal
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Outline Maps
• Following this slide are various OUTLINE maps you may print out and use to practice with
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Europe
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Africa
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5 Themes of Geography
1. Location: absolute (mathematical: latitude/longitude): exact specific placerelative: where is it in relation to other things/places (near China, w/ access to various water routes)
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2. Human/Environment Interaction
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3. Region
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4. Place
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5. Movement
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