Geography
Maps
Helps for navigation and trade routes
Robinson
Mercator
Peters
Distortion to change or adjust
The maps promblem
Mercator is distortion on the map
Robinson problem is it distorts land and water
Peters problem is it distorts shape
The Biosphere
3 layers of earth
Lithosphere (solid earth)
Atmosphere (a thin layer of gasses)
Hydrosphere (watery realm)
Continental Drift
Tectonic plates have moved the land masses to other spots
The super continent was called Pangaea
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Wind and Ocean Patterns
Impacts navigation
It was necessary before steam ships
Continents
A large mass of land
The Ural mountain divide Europe and Asia creating Eurasia
Suez Canal is man made and it divides Africa and Eurasia creating Afroeuasia
The Great Arid Zone
A place were there is very very little rain
In north Africa in the desserts