What do you think makes a civilization?

Crazy Cool Bus

STUDY YOUR MAP!
Lascaux Cave 

Diamonds

Why does culture differ so much from place to place?

GEOGRAPHY is the study of the earth's:
-landscapes (the features of a land that you can see)
-peoples
-places
-environments (the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives)
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HOW DOES GEOGRAPHY AFFECT THE WAY YOU LIVE?  Include all 4 parts of geography in your response.

Monarch Butterflies

1. What are the 7 continents?
2. How are they different, similar, and unique?

Bell Ringer

What has fascinated you about Antarctica so far?  What interests you about Australia?  Write 4-6 sentences about that.

Bell Ringer

Geography is defined as the study of the Earth's environment and how it shapes people's lives.  

1. Define geography in your own words.

2. How does geography affect your life?

Current Event

Message in a Bottle

Bell Ringer

Watch this video, and take 4 sentences of notes.

Latitude and Longitude Video

The Continents

Continents Name Game

Current Event

Remembering 9/11

Bell Ringer

You were born right around the time that 9-11 happened.  What have you heard about this event?  Is there anything that makes you feel especially sad about it?  Anything that makes you feel proud?  Write about what you know about this event.

Current Event

Hantavirus

Bell Ringer

Answer each number in a sentence.

1. What way do latitude (fatitude) lines go, and what distances do they measure?  (Write in complete sentences by rephrasing the question).

2.  What way do longitude (looooongitude) lines go, and what distances do they measure?

3.  What is difficult for you when finding latitude or longitude coordinates?

4.  What is the name of 0 degrees latitude?  What is the name of 0 degrees longitude?

What Causes Earth's Seasons?