Global Cultures World Religions Political and Economic Systems Resources, Trade and the Environment
Chapter Essential Questions How does the relationship between people and their natural surroundings influence the way people live? How are physical and political geography related to the various places and cultures on earth?
Chapter Concept/Skill
Academic Language- Basic
Academic Language- Complex
Instructional Strategies
Chapter/Section Assignments
Describe the process and patterns of creation for cities.
Describe how the religions of the world can be an indicator of cultural diffusion
Understand that humans and the natural environment has an effect on each other.
Recognize that throughout history people have exchanged ideas and goods.
Understand that geographers divide the world into culture regions.
Migration Language Family Ethnic group Natural resource pollution
Birth rate Death rate Natural increase Demographic transition Doubling time Population distribution Population density Culture Culture region Cultural diffusion Culture hearth Unitary system Federal system Autocracy Monarchy Oligarchy Democracy Traditional economy Market economy Mixed economy Command economy Industrialization Developed country Newly industrialized country Developing country Free trade
Write a reflection about how the physical world impacts different cultures.
Class discussion on how cities are created and the patterns
Chapter 1: How Geographers Look at the World
How do the five themes of geography relate to various regions of the world?
Understand the five themes of geography.
Explain the physical world and how it relates to culture.
map
location
hemisphere
key
scale
Map projection
Planar
Cylindrical
Conic
Prime Meridian
Absolute location
Relative location
Latitude
Longitude
Compass rose
Topography
Cities and Seasons
Map Projections
The Geographer's Craft
Use geographic tools and methodologies in various forms.
place
region
ecosystem
movement
site
Thematic map
Qualitative map
Flow-line map
GIS
Planet Earth
Forces of Change
Earth’s Water
List the earth’s many different landforms.
Understand that people depend on the earth for the materials for basic survival
drift
spreading
fold
fault
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Continental shelf
Mantle
Crust
Plate tectonics
Erosion
Weathering
Glacier
accretion
moraine
Water cycle
Desalination
Groundwater
Aquifer
Earth-Sun Relationships
Factors Affecting Climate
World Climate Patterns
Explain how the relationship between the earth and the sun affect climates around the world.
Describe the many factors that affect world climate
Discuss how temperature, precipitation, and types of vegetation can be used to define climate regions of the earth.
Climate
Axis
Temperature
Revolution
Current
Hypothesis
smog
Solstice
Greenhouse effect
Global warming
Prevailing wind
Coriolis effect
Doldrums
El Nino
Windward
Leeward
Rain shadow
Natural vegetation
Oasis
Coniferous
Deciduous
Mixed forest
Prairie
Permafrost
Chapter 4: The Human World
World Population
Global Cultures
World Religions
Political and Economic Systems
Resources, Trade and the Environment
How does the relationship between people and their natural surroundings influence the way people live?
How are physical and political geography related to the various places and cultures on earth?
Describe how the religions of the world can be an indicator of cultural diffusion
Understand that humans and the natural environment has an effect on each other.
Recognize that throughout history people have exchanged ideas and goods.
Understand that geographers divide the world into culture regions.
Language
Family
Ethnic group
Natural resource
pollution
Death rate
Natural increase
Demographic transition
Doubling time
Population distribution
Population density
Culture
Culture region
Cultural diffusion
Culture hearth
Unitary system
Federal system
Autocracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Traditional economy
Market economy
Mixed economy
Command economy
Industrialization
Developed country
Newly industrialized country
Developing country
Free trade
Class discussion on how cities are created and the patterns
Population pyramid Sheets
A Taste of Culture
Religions Around the World
The five major world religions - video
Religions Matrix
P 80-99
1. Glencoe World Geography and Cultures pages 2-113
Reading Essentials 1-34