PPT-AP Human Geography Time Zones

Longitudes Role Longitude plays the most important role in telling time There are 360 of longitude 180 West and 180 East of Prime Meridian Longitude lines are spaced 15 apart in both directions from the. “The Queen of Social Sciences”. Dream big…. As a young man my fondest dream was to become a geographer. However, while working in the customs office I thought deeply about the matter and concluded that it was far too difficult a subject. With some reluctance, I then turned to physics as a substitute.. Preview. African Geography. - . Africa is a large continent surrounded by oceans and seas. It is divided in two by the Sahara Desert. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region south of the Sahara Desert.. Farming, Herding, and Trade. APHUG | BHS | Ms. Justice. Mumbai, India. Key . Question 1.5. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. . What are geographic concepts, and how are they used in answering geographic questions?. Unit 3: . Cultural Patterns. Session 1. Advanced . Placement. Human Geography. Review Sessions: . Unit . Three. By Geri . Flanary. To accompany . AP Human Geography: A Study Guide. 3rd . edition. By Ethel Wood. Royal Observatory . Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This is the universal time used for many things:. Air craft. Weather maps. Email. NASA Space Shuttles. This is the time at the prime meridian. Not affected by daylight savings . A . time zone. is a region that has a standard time throughout it. There are 24 times zones throughout the world. Why do We Need Standard Time?. Before the late 1800s, towns and cities would set their own times based on the sun. Ch. 4.2. Effect of Earth’s rotation. Created based on the rate at which the sun appears to move across the sky. Sun . rises . in the . east. & . sets. in the . west. Earth takes . 24 hours . to rotate on its axis . Rotation:. Rotation: is one complete turn around the Earth’s axis. Rotation causes day and night. Rotation. The earth rotates at a speed of 1000 miles per hour. It rotates from west to east. Earth's rotational axis points in the same direction relative to the stars, so that the North Pole points towards the star Polaris. APHUG | BHS | Ms. Justice. Mumbai, India. Key Questions: Chapter 1. 1.1 What is human geography? . 1.2 What are geographic questions?. 1.3 Why do geographers use maps, and . . what do maps tell us?. Time Zones run in the same direction as longitude lines.. Each color is a different Time Zone. Vocabulary. A. . time zone . is a region of the earth that has the same time. There are 24 time zones.. GEOGRAPHY HANDBOOK GEOGRAPHY HANDBOOK Objectives : The student will . . . 1. E xamine the five themes of geography. 2. Explore how they aid geographic observation and analysis 3. Identify some ways in which the geography of the United Objective. Use . standard. time zones to . compare. times around the world.. Identify . eight. U.S. time . zones. .. Key Terms. solar noon: . time of day when the Sun is highest in the sky. . standard time: . Seminar. in . geography. Presentation. No. . 2. Mgr. Soňa Patočková. SOŠ a Gymnázium Staré Město. 2011. 1. Content. What. . is. . geography. ?. Definition. . of. . geography. History. . --- Greek word. Geo + . Graphy. --- English word. Which means-Earth+ Description. Simply we can say description of the earth. Or. Literally to write about something. Who coined the term Geography. A Greek scholar, Mathematician and astronomer .