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South America Autumn One
Geography Geography:
Key KeyVocabulary: Vocabulary:
Location Knowledge:
To locate the word’s countries, using maps to focus on South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
Place Knowledge:
To understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and region within South America.
Human and Physical Geography:
To describe and understand key aspects of physical geography: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers and mountains.
Geographical skills and fieldwork:
To use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and
biomes
mountains
deforestation
region
South America
United Kingdom
map
globes digital/computer mapping
describe features studies.
Use maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping to locate countries and describe feature studied.
Extend map skills to include non – UK countries.
A Map of South America:
atlas
scale
Key Facts: Key Facts: - South America is the fourth – largest continent in the world. It covers around 17.8 million km². It lies completely in the western hemisphere. - South America is the fifth-most populated continent in the world – it has a population of around 420 million people (although half of these live in Brazil). - The Equator cuts through the continent Most of South America is in the southern hemisphere. - Most of the people live on the east and west coasts; the southern coast and centre of the continent are sparsely populated.
Human Features:
Physical Features:
Deforestation
The Amazon River
Machu Picchu
The Amazon Rainforest
Colonisation/Languages
Animals
The Rio Carnival
The Atacama Desert
Coffee Trade
The Andes Countries in South America:
Longest Rivers:
Highest Mountains: