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What are the 4 ways that geography affects how people live in the Middle East and North Africa? x10
1) where the live
2) jobs
3) what they eat
4) what they drink
Explain the cardinal directions. What is the symbol called? 5x
N - up; S - down; E- Right; W - left
A compass rose
Where are the 2 locations that geographically affects where many cities and towns are located? x8
Near a fresh water source or the coast (ocean)
What is relative location? x8
Describes where a place is from where you are using the cardinal directions.
Why do desert areas not have much farmland? x5
They get limited rainfall (resources).
What is absolute location? x7
An exact location using latitude and longitude grid system
What would your job most likely be if you lived near fresh water? x3
A Farmer
What are 3 ways that the people of the Middle East adapt to constant hot and dry weather? x6
1) wear light clothing
2) building homes to stay cool
3) conserving water
A desert is a place that lacks natural ___________. x5
Resources.
What is a map key? what is a map title? x4
How to read details of the map.
What the map is about.
What are 3 things that fresh water provides for the people who live near it? x7
1) drinking - humans/animals
2) water crops
3) transportation
What are the 3 things that a political map shows us? x7
1) borders
2) major and capital cities
3) colored countries (for separation)
What are 4 jobs you could have if you live near the coast? x7
Oil/Gas, Fisherman, Lobsterman, Shipping, Trading
If Saugus is ABOVE Malden on a map..... how would use both places with the cardinal directions? x6
Saugus is North of Malden and Malden is South of Saugus.
What are the lines that are vertical (up and down) called? What line is this associated with? x9
The Prime Meridian
If Wakefield is to the right of Lynnfield....How would use both places with the cardinal directions? x7
Wakefield is east of Lynnfield and Lynnfield is west of Wakefield.
What are the lines that go across the earth called? What line is it associated with? x8
Latitude
The equator
Explain how oil and gas and gathered from the ocean. x8
What could someone for for a job if they live near the coast? x5
oil/natural gas; fisherman; lobsterman; shipper; trader
What are the 4 things that physical geography studies? x10
land, water, climate, vegetation
What does human geography show? What does that mean? x15
Where people live and how they live based on this.
If you live near fresh water, you would likely be a farmer, but if you lived near the coast, you would have many other job options.
Does Geography affect us in Saugus, the way it affects people in the Middle East and North Africa?
x10
No. We can choose out job based on our interests instead of our location.
What are 4 things that a physical map shows us?
x8
Land and water features; elevation and climate
Why does a desert get super hot during the day and super cold at night? x10
Super hot in the day because of the blazing sun. Super cold at night because sand cannot hold heat.
Why is the Equator hot all the time and the Prime Meridian not? Where is the only place that the Prime Meridian is hot? x8
The Equator is horizonal across the earth so the sun hits it at all times. The PM is vertical and connects the North and South Poles. The PM would have a hot location where it intersects that Equator.