Warm-Up (3/10) Can you name the following? – The 7 Continents – The 4 Oceans – The 4 Hemispheres (Which one do we live in?) What lines divide the earth’s.

Warm-Up (3/10)

• Can you name the following?– The 7 Continents– The 4 Oceans– The 4 Hemispheres (Which one do we live in?)• What lines divide the earth’s hemispheres?

• What is a map scale?

Cardinal Directions

• 4 Cardinal Directions– North– South– East – West

• 4 Intermediate Directions– Northeast– Northwest– Southeast– Southwest

ContinentsThere are 7 continents in the world

• North America (We live here!)• South America• Europe• Africa• Asia (Largest)• Australia• Antarctica

OceansThere are 4 oceans in the world

• Atlantic (Closest to us)• Pacific• Indian• Arctic

Hemispheres

• The Equator divides the earth into North and South

Hemispheres

• The Prime Meridian divides the earth into East and West

Scale

• Scale is what is used to measure distances on maps• Usually, one inch will represent a certain number of

miles on the map

• On larger maps, one inch will represent hundreds of miles

Practice• How far between

San Antonio and Houston?

• Which direction are you traveling if you start in Houston?

PracticeAnswer

• How far between San Antonio and Houston?

About 200 miles

• Which direction are you traveling if you start in Houston?

West or

Southwest

Practice• How far between

Lubbock and Houston?

• Which direction are you traveling if you start in Lubbock?

• How far between Lubbock and Houston?About 450 miles

• Which direction are you traveling if you start in Lubbock?

Southeast

Practice

• How far from Charlotte to Wilmington?

• What direction if you start in Charlotte?

Practice Answers

• How far from Charlotte to Wilmington?About 175 miles

• What direction if you start in Charlotte?Southeast

The Roman Roads and Trade

6th Grade Social StudiesPiedmont Middle School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdm0Ykgv1WI

The Roman Empire compared to the United States

The Roman Empire

• By 117 AD, the Roman Empire had expanded to be the largest empire ever

• The island of Britannia in the northwest• Hispania (Iberian Peninsula) in the southwest• Northern Africa, Egypt, and Sinai to the south and

southeast• Mesopotamia and the Anatolian Peninsula to the

east and northeast• The Balkan Peninsula and Gaul (France) to the north

Brittania (Britain)

• Discovered by the Greek explorer Pytheas• Conquered by Julius Caesar in 55 BCE• Today it is home to the modern-day countries

of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Hispania (Spain)

• Located on the Iberian Peninsula• Today, it is home to the modern-day countries

of Spain and Portugal

Mesopotamia & Egypt

Greece and the Balkan Peninsula

Gaul (France)

On the Road Again…

• Tomorrow, you and your group with use a Roman Roads map to take an adventure

• This will be a formal grade!

• For you to complete your trip, you must:– Oceans and continents– Equator and prime meridian– Hemispheres– Four cardinal and four intermediate directions– Calculate distances using map scale

Practice• The Arizona Cardinals are traveling to Miami to play

against the Miami Dolphins– How far do the Cardinals have to travel? Which direction?

Practice• The Dallas Cowboys are traveling to Cleveland, Ohio

to take on the Browns– How far do the Cowboys have to travel? Which direction?

Practice• The Carolina Panthers are traveling to Seattle to take

on the Seahawks– How far do the Panthers have to travel? Which direction?

Answers

• Miami to Phoenix is about 1,700 miles and to the southeast

• Dallas to Cleveland is about 900 miles and is to the northeast

• Charlotte to Seattle is about 2,000miles and to the northwest

All measurements are according to the map scale!