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CHAPTER FIVE: A WORLD GAZETTEER

CHAPTER FIVE: A WORLD GAZETTEER. “A LOOK AT THE SEVEN CONTINENTS”. Chapter Objectives, TEKS, & Essential Question. Objective: Understand the concept of region, by identifying physical and geopolitical area of significance using related geographic terminology. TEKS:

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CHAPTER FIVE: A WORLD GAZETTEER

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  1. CHAPTER FIVE:A WORLD GAZETTEER “A LOOK AT THE SEVEN CONTINENTS”

  2. Chapter Objectives, TEKS, & Essential Question • Objective: • Understand the concept of region, by identifying physical and geopolitical area of significance using related geographic terminology. • TEKS: • Geography – 9, 9 (A), 9 (B) • Social Studies Skills – 21 (B), 22 (C) • Essential Question: • What physical features would you find on a tour of the world’s continents?

  3. Chapter Vocabulary • Continents • Sahara Desert • Savanna • Tropical Rainforest • Tundra • East Asia • Subcontinent • Peninsula • Himalaya Mountains • Regions • Physical Region • Formal Region

  4. Important Ideas • Earth has five oceans – Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern. • There are seven continents on Earth – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Each has it’s own physical features including mountains, deserts, plains, valleys, forests, and bodies of water. • Latitude , landforms, and nearness to bodies of water greatly affect climate. • Landforms, soil, and climate greatly affect the plants and animals that can be found in each place.

  5. North America: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Rocky Mountains 2.) Appalachian Mountains 3.) Sierra Nevadas 1 3 2 1 2

  6. North America: Bodies of Water 4.) St. Lawrence River 5.) Mississippi River 6.) Rio Grande River 7.) Erie Canal 8.) Great Lakes 9.) Atlantic Ocean 10.) Pacific Ocean 11.) Hudson Bay 12.) Gulf of Mexico 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8

  7. North America: Biomes 13.) Great Plains 14.) Canadian Shield 13 14 13 14

  8. South America: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Andes Mountains 2.) Sierra Madres 1 2 2 1

  9. South America: Bodies of Water 3.) Amazon River 4.) Orinoco River 5.) Rio De La Plata 6.) Atlantic Ocean 7.) Pacific Ocean 8.) Caribbean Sea 9.) Panama Canal 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9

  10. South America: Biomes 10.) Pampas 11.) Amazon Rainforest 12.) Rainforests 10 11 12 10 11

  11. Africa: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Atlas Mountains 2.) Great Rift Valley 1 2 1 2

  12. Africa: Bodies of Water 3.) Nile River 4.) Congo River 5.) Zambezi River 6.) Niger River 7.) Lake Victoria 8.) Red Sea 9.) Atlantic Ocean 10.) Indian Ocean 11.) Lake Tanganyika 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3

  13. Africa: Biomes 12.) Sahara Desert 13.) Kalahari Desert 14.) Savanna 15.) Rainforests 12 13 14 15 12 14

  14. Europe: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Alps 2.) Pyrenees Mountains 3.) Apennines Mountains 4.) Balkan Mountains 1 2 3 4 1

  15. Europe: Bodies of Water 5.) Baltic Sea 6.) North Sea 7.) Mediterranean Sea 8.) Black Sea 9.) Danube River 10.) Rhine River 11.) Loire River 12.) Rhone River 13.) Elbe River 14.) Atlantic Ocean 11 5 6 7 8 9 12 10 13 14 7

  16. Europe: Biomes 15.) Mediterranean 16.) Temperate Deciduous 15 16 15 15 16 16 15 16

  17. Asia – Middle East: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Caucasus Mountains 2.) Taurus Mountains 3.) Zagros Mountains 4.) Anatolian Plateau 4 2 3 1 1 4

  18. Asia – Middle East: Bodies of Water 5.) Suez Canal 6.) Jordan River 7.) Tigris River 8.) Euphrates River 9.) Black Sea 10.) Persian Gulf 11.) Caspian Sea 10 9 8 7 6 5 11 5

  19. Asia – Middle East: Biomes 12.) Arabian Desert 12

  20. Asia – Commonwealth of Independent States: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Ural Mountains 2.) Pamir Mountains 1 2

  21. Asia – Commonwealth of Independent States: Bodies of Water 3.) Arctic Ocean 4.) Ob River 5.) Volga River 6.) Lena River 7.) Lake Baikal 8.) Aral Sea 9.) Caspian Sea 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  22. Asia – Commonwealth of Independent States: Biomes 10.) Siberia / Tundra 11.) Steppe 12.) Boreal Forest 10 12 12 12 11

  23. Asia – Commonwealth of Independent States 1 7 10 12

  24. Asia – East Asia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Himalayan Mountains 2.) Kunlun Mountains 3.) Mt. Fuji 4.) Tianjin Mountains 5.) Tibetan Plateau 1 3 2 4 5

  25. Asia – East Asia: Bodies of Water 6.) Huang He River 7.) Yangtze River 8.) Pacific Ocean 9.) Yellow Sea 10.) East China Sea 11.) South China Sea 6 7 8 9 10 11

  26. Asia – East Asia: Biomes 12.) Gobi Desert 12

  27. Asia – East Asia 1 5 6 12

  28. Asia – South Asia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Himalayan Mountains 1

  29. Asia – South Asia: Bodies of Water 2.) Indus River 3.) Ganges River 4.) Indian Ocean 5.) Bay of Bengal 6.) Arabian Sea 2 3 4 5 6

  30. Asia – South Asia: Biomes 7.) Monsoons 7

  31. Asia – South Asia 7 2 3

  32. Asia – Southeast Asia: Mountains & Landforms

  33. Asia – Southeast Asia: Bodies of Water 1.) Salween River 2.) Irrawaddy River 3.) Mekong River 4.) Pacific Ocean 1 2 3 4

  34. Asia – Southeast Asia: Biomes 5.) Rainforest 5 5 5

  35. Asia – Southeast Asia 5 3

  36. Australia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Great Dividing Range 1

  37. Australia: Bodies of Water 2.) Pacific Ocean 3.) Murray River 4.) Darling River 2 4 3

  38. Australia: Biomes 5.) Great Sandy Desert 6.) Great Victoria Desert 7.) Great Barrier Reef 5 6 7

  39. Australia 1 4 7 5

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