Friday, March 6, 2015

6th Grade Unit 2 Review

Read over and study the Unit 2 Vocabulary and Big Ideas.

Be able answer the following questions or complete the require tasks:

Identify major hemispheres.

Label all continents and oceans.

You need to pick a natural feature on Earth that you learned about. Then, you need to explain the following in a paragraph:
1. Name the feature and describe it. (1st sentence)
2. Name one challenge that the natural feature presents humans. (2nd sentence)
3. Explain the challenge that the feature presents humans. (3rd sentence)
4. Name the opportunity that the natural feature presents humans. (4th sentence)
5. Explain the opportunity that the natural feature presents humans.

Define natural hazards and natural disasters.

Explain how/why natural hazards turn into a disaster.

Describe ways to lessen the effects of a natural disaster.

Label the climate zones correctly on a map.

Differentiate between lines of latitude and longitude and describe what they are used for.

Identify the major dividing lines on a globe (ex. Equator, Prime Meridian…)

Define natural processes and explain what they can be related to.

Define region and explain what regions can be based on or criteria that is used to create them.

Define geographic inquiry.

Name the major map projection types and identify the types of distortion each presents.

Be able to match maps to their correct image (i.e. political, physical, etc…)

Explain which countries are more susceptible to natural disasters (developed or developing) and why?

Identify the major natural hazards we studied

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