Getting Started

1.Reminder

Test Friday, October 16

2.Take out your How Historians View the World Review Sheet and answers.

Define

Physical geography - the study the earth’s landforms, weather, and plant and animal patterns.

Example - storm

Cultural geography - the study of people and their ways of life.

Example - transportation

Pangaea - was a supercontinent that existed 300-100 million years ago.

Climate - the type of weather conditions a place usually has

Draw

Draw

Compare and Contrast

Maps Globes

Students will be introduced to claim and

evidence.

Claim and Evidence

Claim - Statement that gives an answer or conclusion to a statement or problem

Evidence - The facts that support your claims

Document

Claim and Evidence

A claim that could be made about whether physical or cultural geography plays a bigger role in how humans develop is that physical geography plays a bigger role because water and mountains separate New York from other states.

Two pieces of evidence from the document are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario form the border on the West. The Adirondack Mountains are the border in the Northeast.