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CHAPTER FIVE: A WORLD GAZETTEER A LOOK AT THE SEVEN CONTINENTS Slide 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 worlds continents? Slide 3 Chapter Vocabulary Continents Sahara Desert Savanna Tropical Rainforest Tundra East Asia Subcontinent Peninsula Himalaya Mountains Regions Physical Region Formal Region Slide 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 its 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. Slide 5 North America: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Rocky Mountains 2.) Appalachian Mountains 3.) Sierra Nevadas 13212 Slide 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 4567891011128 Slide 7 North America: Biomes 13.) Great Plains 14.) Canadian Shield 13141314 Slide 8 South America: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Andes Mountains 2.) Sierra Madres 1221 Slide 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 34567899 Slide 10 South America: Biomes 10.) Pampas 11.) Amazon Rainforest 12.) Rainforests 1011121011 Slide 11 Africa: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Atlas Mountains 2.) Great Rift Valley 1212 Slide 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 345678910113 Slide 13 Africa: Biomes 12.) Sahara Desert 13.) Kalahari Desert 14.) Savanna 15.) Rainforests 121314151214 Slide 14 Europe: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Alps 2.) Pyrenees Mountains 3.) Apennines Mountains 4.) Balkan Mountains 12341 Slide 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 567891210 11 13147 Slide 16 Europe: Biomes 15.) Mediterranean 16.) Temperate Deciduous 151615 16 1516 Slide 17 Asia Middle East: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Caucasus Mountains 2.) Taurus Mountains 3.) Zagros Mountains 4.) Anatolian Plateau 423114 Slide 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 1098765115 Slide 19 Asia Middle East: Biomes 12.) Arabian Desert 12 Slide 20 Asia Commonwealth of Independent States: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Ural Mountains 2.) Pamir Mountains 12 Slide 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 3456789 Slide 22 Asia Commonwealth of Independent States: Biomes 10.) Siberia / Tundra 11.) Steppe 12.) Boreal Forest 1012 11 Slide 23 Asia Commonwealth of Independent States 171012 Slide 24 Asia East Asia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Himalayan Mountains 2.) Kunlun Mountains 3.) Mt. Fuji 4.) Tianjin Mountains 5.) Tibetan Plateau 13245 Slide 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 67891011 Slide 26 Asia East Asia: Biomes 12.) Gobi Desert 12 Slide 27 Asia East Asia 15612 Slide 28 Asia South Asia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Himalayan Mountains 1 Slide 29 Asia South Asia: Bodies of Water 2.) Indus River 3.) Ganges River 4.) Indian Ocean 5.) Bay of Bengal 6.) Arabian Sea 23456 Slide 30 Asia South Asia: Biomes 7.) Monsoons 7 Slide 31 Asia South Asia 723 Slide 32 Asia Southeast Asia: Mountains & Landforms Slide 33 Asia Southeast Asia: Bodies of Water 1.) Salween River 2.) Irrawaddy River 3.) Mekong River 4.) Pacific Ocean 1234 Slide 34 Asia Southeast Asia: Biomes 5.) Rainforest 555 Slide 35 Asia Southeast Asia 53 Slide 36 Australia: Mountains & Landforms 1.) Great Dividing Range 1 Slide 37 Australia: Bodies of Water 2.) Pacific Ocean 3.) Murray River 4.) Darling River 243 Slide 38 Australia: Biomes 5.) Great Sandy Desert 6.) Great Victoria Desert 7.) Great Barrier Reef 567 Slide 39 Australia 1475