22ndnd Six Weeks Brochure Six Weeks Brochure Information Information

Ms P. Atwell

Types of MapsTypes of Maps

Political map – show the names and boundaries of countries, the location of cities and other human-made features of a place, and often identify major physical features.

Physical map – call out landforms and water features.

Climatic map – a map that shows weather patterns for a particular place during a typical year.

Types of MapsTypes of Maps

Land- use map – is a map that shows the most widespread way people use the land in a given area.

Resource map – is a map that shows the most widespread resources in a given area.

Contour map – is a type of physical map that also shows elevation, but has contour lines which describe the major levels of elevation.

Types of MapsTypes of Maps

Elevation map – shows the height of an area above sea level.

Topographic map - shows the surface features of the land such as roads, settlements, marshes, and lowlands in great detail. The map is large in scale, usually in the range of 1 inch to 1 mile. It shows elevations by contour lines

Time Zone MapTime Zone Map

Any of the 24 longitudinal divisions of the earth's surface in which a standard time is kept, the primary division being that bisected by the Greenwich meridian. Each zone is 15° of longitude in width, with local variations, and observes a clock time one hour earlier than the zone immediately to the east.

Lines of a MapLines of a Map

latitudeImaginary lines that cross the surface of the Earth parallel to the Equator, measuring how far north or south of the Equator a place is located.

longitudeImaginary lines that cross the surface of the Earth, running from north to south, measuring how far east or west of the prime meridian a place is located.

Major Cities in TennesseeMajor Cities in Tennessee

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Knoxville

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Tennessee Natural ResourcesTennessee Natural Resources

Corn: grown all over state, mostly in West grand division

Soybeans: grown all over state, mostly in West grand division

Coal: produced in East grand division Copper: produced all over state, about equal in all

three divisions Ports for transportation: West grand division,

along Mississippi River

Geographical RegionsGeographical Regions

Alluvial Plains is land formed from soil deposited by a river. Alluvial soils are very

fertile and are often called bottoms.The Gulf Coastal Plains (inner coastal plains) are located near the alluvial plains away from the coastal areas, but are also

flat land used the same as the alluvial plains.

Geographical RegionsGeographical Regions

Nashville Basin – Basins are broad, flat valleys often found in high areas.

Ridges are narrow, raised of land that slope steeply on either side.

Cumberland PlateauCumberland Plateau

The plateau contains some of the largest stretches of contiguous forest in the eastern United States. Regionally, forests are intermediate between oak and hickory forest types with pines occurring on dry, upland sites and mesophytic species occurring in protected coves.

Highland RimHighland Rim

The term "Highland" here is relative: it is certainly higher than the Basin it surrounds, but it nonetheless is seldom at an elevation above 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level, and never more than about 1,400 feet (430 m) above sea level except where interrupted, primarily to the southeast, by outliers of the Cumberland Plateau.

Unaka/Blue Ridge MountainsUnaka/Blue Ridge Mountains

The Unaka Range is a mountain range on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. It is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains and is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic province.

Industrial Resources in Industrial Resources in TennesseeTennessee

Major Industries - mining (coal), electrical power, enriched uranium production, music, automobile manufacturing, farming (tobacco, cattle, soybeans, cotton), walking horses, tourism

The single most important agricultural product is livestock.

World CommunitiesWorld Communities

Language: a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition.

Religion: a basic set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of people or groups.

World CommunitiesWorld Communities

Customs: an accepted or habitual practice followed by a people or particular group.

Political system: a complete set of institutions, political organizations, and interest groups, the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions.

Economic system: a system which deals with the production, distribution, and use of goods and services in a particular society.

World CommunitiesWorld Communities

Population: the total number of people living in an area.

Population distribution: the arrangement of people living in a given area. This can also be how the population of an area is arranged according to gender, age, race, or ethnicity.

Population density: the number of people living per unit of an area (per square mile, for example).

World CommunitiesWorld Communities

Growth rate: the rate at which a population is increasing in a certain amount of time.

Family size: the average size of families in an area.

Infant mortality rate: the ratio of the number of deaths in the first year of life to the number of births that happened in the same population during the same amount of time.

Local CommunitiesLocal Communities

Rural: relating to country area with a low population. Often refers to agricultural areas of a state or country.

Suburban: relating to residential areas surrounding a large city. Most major cities have suburbs.

Urban: relating to a large city. Nashville, TN and Dallas, TX are urban areas

Buddhism FactsBuddhism Facts

Buddhism is based on the teachings and writings of Buddha. The core beliefs are the four noble truths. Believers practice meditation and believe a soul must go through several lifetimes. Nirvana is a belief of Buddhism. It is the ultimate freedom from ignorances and attachment and an ideal condition of rest, harmony, or joy. The leader of Tibetan Buddhism is known as the Dalai Lama.

Islamic FactsIslamic Facts

Islam is based on the teachings of the Qur'an, written by a man named Muhammad who received revelations from God, or Allah. The core of this religion is the Five Pillars. Islam asks its followers to strive for total reorganization of their life. They also work for building human society on the same basis. The followers of Islam are Muslims.

Christianity FactsChristianity Facts

Christianity is based on both the Old Testament, parts of the Hebrew bible, and the New Testament, which centers around the teachings of Jesus. Jesus is believed to be the Son of God. The cross is the main symbol in Christianity, for Jesus was crucified on a cross and rose three days later from the dead. One branch of Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church, has a spiritual leader known as the Pope. The followers of Christianity are Christians.