a somewhat disjointed week

It's already Thursday, and I've only seen two classes all week. (sad face) Nevertheless, we will take a moment to review.

Monday: no school due to a holiday; Wednesday: no classes due to PSAT testing.

Tuesday and today: more discussion about regions and culture.

Just to make sure we are all on the same page, here is a brief look back at what we've covered so far this unit.

• ancient maps
• origins (Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Chinese, Islamic, Age of Exploration)
• types (Mercator, Peters, Robinson)
• round globes vs. flat maps
• problems with projection
• purposes 
• navigation (getting from Point A to Point B)
• reference tool (relative and absolute location)
• Geographic characteristics of places
• toponym, site, situation
• Map features
• scale
• latitude (parallels); longitude (meridians)
• equator, Prime Meridian, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
• degrees, minutes, seconds
• time zones (International Date Line, Greenwich Mean Time)
• GPS 
• Global Positioning Systems
• how it works
• what it's good for
• possible disadvantages 
• regions
• cultural landscape
• types of regions (formal, functional, vernacular) 

Hope that proves helpful. See you in class!