World+Geography

=Grade 6: World Geography=


 * Five Themes of Geography**
 * Place : How a specific place on Earth looks either human or physical characteristics
 * Location: A specific spot on Earth. Location is determined using two methods, absolute location, which uses coordinates or relative, where you describe a spot on Earth using neighboring locations.
 * Movement: How goods, services, people and ideas are exchanged and travel from place to place
 * Region: The specific human and physical characteristics found in a place.
 * Human Environmental Interaction: How humans live, work and change a place (from [|Yale 2012 PIER Summer Institute Global Movement])

** Go here for a special topic page on Five Themes of Geography **

 * General Resources for Learning about Geography**


 * [|Your Life on Earth]. See how the earth has changed since you were born with this interactive website from BBC.**


 * [[image:Screen Shot 2016-11-17 at 4.24.09 PM.png width="64" height="44" link="@http://countrystudies.us"]]Country Studies/Area Handbook Series,** Library of Congress (produced between 1986 and 1998)

**Visit here for an interactive world map relating population density, global fertility and GDP.**

** Visit here for an [|interactive map of disappearing languages] around world. There are about 7000 languages spoken in the world and half may disappear before the end of the 21st century. **

** How Many Countries Are There in the World in 2017? **


 * [|The World's 10 Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas] from the Brookings Institution, February 10, 2015.**

**Visit here for CyArk Hazard Map that identifies threats to world heritage sites around the globe.**

World Wonders Project from Google that makes world heritage and historical sites available using Google's street view technology.
 * Nova: Anatomy of a Tsunami Interactive computer simulation of the 2004 tsunami.
 * =====National Geographic Volcanoes 101 Video of one of the forces that continues to shape our planet=====
 * Animaniacs Cartoon: Yakko names the countries of the world. Challenge your students to do the same.
 * PBS NovaScienceNow Is it possible to predict earthquakes?
 * GeoGuessr, Using Google Street Map technology players must determine locations around the world.
 * [|Chronoatlas] is a free, interactive historical atlas of the world that lets you browse the entire globe at any point in history.


 * ** Click here for lesson plans on geography from Mr. Donn. **
 * ** Click here for geography lesson plans from Annenberg Learner **
 * ** [|The Story of Cities], a 50 part series on the history of urbanization from //The Guardian// **

Practice your geography skills with this TapQuiz Map App!


 * Political Independence**

[|Independence or Birthday for Every Country]
 * See also, [|MAP: How Every Country in the World Celebrates its Fourth of July].

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===A.1 On a map of the world, locate the continent of Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Great Rift Valley. On a map of Africa, locate the northern, eastern, western, central, and southern regions of Africa, the Sahara Desert, the Nile River, Lake Victoria, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Cape of Good Hope. (G)===

A.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major African regions and countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

==**__Western Asia (the Middle East)__**== Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, area governed by the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

===WA.1 On a map of the world, locate Western Asia, or the Middle East. On a map of the Middle East, locate the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Arabian Peninsula, and the Persian Gulf. (G)===

WA.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major Middle Eastern countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

===WA.4 Locate and describe the various ethnic and religious groups of the Middle East. (G, H, C, E)===

WA.5 Identify when the countries in the Middle East became independent nations and explain how independence was achieved. (H, G)
==__Central and South Asia__== Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kasakhstan, Kyrgystan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

===CSA.1 On a map of the world, locate Central and South Asia. On a map of Central and South Asia, locate the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges River, the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Northern Mountains, the Deccan Plateau, the Himalayan Mountains, and the Steppes. (G)===

CSA.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major Central and South Asian countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

===CSA.4 Identify when India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Central Asian republics first became independent countries and explain how independence was achieved. Explain the relationship of the Central Asian republics to the former Soviet Union. (H, G)===

==__**Southeast Asia and Oceania**__== Brunei, Cambodia, Guan (U.S.), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

===SEAO.1 On a map of the world, locate Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, the major Pacific Islands, the Pacific Ocean, and the Coral Sea. On a map of Southeast Asia and Oceania, locate the Bay of Bengal, the South China Sea, the Great Victoria Desert, and the Great Barrier Reef. (G)===

SEAO.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major countries of Southeast Asia and Oceania. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

__**North and East Asia[[image:resourcesforhistoryteachers/Map_of_China.png width="504" height="256" align="right" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Map_of_China.png"]]**__
China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia, South Korea.

===NEA.1 On a map of the world, locate North and East Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. On a map of East Asia, locate the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, the Gobi Desert, the Himalayas, and the Huang He (Yellow) and Chang Jiang (Yantgtze) Rivers. On a map of North Asia, locate Siberia and the Yenisey, Lena, and Kolyma rivers. (G)===

NEA.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major East Asian countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

NEA.4 Identify when Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia became independent countries and describe how independence was achieved. (G, H)
==__**Europe**__== Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Channel Islands (U.K.), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar (U.K.), Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City, Yugoslavia.

===E.1 On a map of the world, locate the continent of Europe. On a map of Europe, locate the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. Locate the Volga, Danube, Ural, Rhine, Elbe, Seine, Po, and Thames Rivers. Locate the Alps, Pyrenees, and Balkan Mountains. Locate the countries in the northern, southern, central, eastern, and western regions of Europe.===

E.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major European countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

==__South America__== Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (U.K.), French Guiana (Fr.), Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

===SAM.1 On a map of the world, locate South America and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. On a map of South America, locate the Amazon, the Andes Mountains, Cape Horn, and the southern, northern, eastern, and western regions of South America. (G)===

SAM.3 Explain how the following five factors have influenced settlement and the economies of major South American countries. (G, E)
A. absolute and relative locations B. climate C. major physical characteristics D. major natural resources E. population size

Image IDs from left to right:
1., from Wikimedia Commons, "AfricaCIA-HiRes". 2., from Wikimedia Commons, "Middle east graphic 2003". 3., from Wikimedia Commons, "Caucasus central asia political map 2000". 4., from Wikimedia Commons, "Southeast asia". 5., from Wikimedia Commons, "Map of China". 6., from Wikimedia Commons, "Europe map CIA 2005 large". 7., from Wikimedia Commons, "Map of South America".