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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.