Every map should include a compass rose. A legend or key explains what the symbols mean on a map. The student will use maps, globes, photographs, and pictures to analyze the physical and human landscapes of the world in order to create and compare political, physical, and thematic maps of countries and regions. The student will use maps, globes, photographs, and pictures to analyze the physical and human landscapes of the world in order to identify regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena and relate them to events in the contemporary world. Climate is defined as weather patterns over a long period of time.
Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere for one day.
Desert Very dry all year Steppe Semi-desert with little rain Highland Climate at high elevations such as on the tops of mountains. Middle Latitudes climate zones found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle Steppe Semi-desert with little rain Desert Very dry all year Mediterranean Hot and dry summers, mild and wet winters. Climate in countries that border the Mediterranean Sea Humid Subtropical Hot and wet summers, mild and damp winters Humid Continental Hot and wet summers, cold and snowy winters. Warm summer, cool and wet winter. Highland Climate determined by elevation or the height of the land such as mountains.