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About
geography
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Introduction
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planet in the entire Solar System

About geography
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Type of geography
Nation World
Venus has a beautiful name
and is the second planet from
the Sun
Mercury is the closest planet
to the Sun and the smallest in
the Solar System

Relationship nation-territory
Nation
Terrority
History Traditions
Culture

How does geography
affect nation?
Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Income
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Agricultural
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
Transport
Productivit
y
Saturn is a gas giant
and has several rings

What is world geography?
Places
Jupiter is a gas giant and
the biggest planet
National
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Regional
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
People
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
Environments
Mercury is closest planet
to the sun of them all
International
Mars is actually a cold
place. It’s full of iron
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What do you need to know
about world geography
Earth’s surface Human societies
How human
interacts
Venus has a beautiful name
and very high temperatures
Places can have
an impact
Mercury is the closest planet to
the Sun and the smallest one

Continents of the world
South America
Jupiter is a gas giant
and the biggest planet
Asia
Saturn is composed of
hydrogen and helium
Europe
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
North America
Neptune is very far
from the Sun
Africa
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun
Australia
Despite being red,
Mars is very cold

United States in the
colonial era
Thirteen states
United states
Mexican cession
Oregon country
Louisiana
Texas
Venus is a hot planet Jupiter is big
Mars is a red planet
Mercury is very small
We all live on Earth Saturn is a gas
giant

About the
history
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History of colonialism
Spain
Age of Spain’s
expansion
America
Colonialism of
Britain’s
empire
Japan
New european
colonialism
Begins the age
of exploration
Portugal
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1492 1775 1860
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Colonial rationale
and resistance
Legal
obligation
Religious
obligation
Despite being red, Mars is a
cold place
Venus is the second planet
from the Sun

Types of colonialism
Types Characteristics
Settler colonialism
Often motivated by religious,
political, and economic reasons
Exploitation colonialism
Focuses on the exploitation of
natural resources
Surrogate colonialism
Involves a settlement project
supported by a colonial power
Internal colonialism
A notion of uneven structural power
between areas of a state

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Mars is actually a
very cold place
Neptune is very far
from the Sun
Starvation
Colonists challenges
Drought
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is the
biggest planet
Saturn is composed
of hydrogen
Disease
Threat Attacks

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Geography
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Mars is actually a
very cold place
Neptune is very far
from the Sun
New Jersey
Some of the 13 colonies
Connecticut
Mercury is the
smallest planet
New York
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Jupiter is the
biggest planet
Saturn is composed
of hydrogen
Maryland
Virginia Delaware

…and the other colonies
Massachusetts
Venus is a hot planet
Rhode Island
We all live on Earth
Pennsylvania
Jupiter is a big planet
North Carolina
Saturn has rings
New hampshire
Mars is a red planet
South Carolina
Neptune is an ice giant
Georgia
Mercury is very small

The major characteristics of
the 13 colonies
Religious
freedom
Political
freedom
Social
mobility
Better way
of life
Economic
freedom

Map of the colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina

First colonies in order of
establishment
Date Name of the colony Famous people
1607 Virginia John Smith, John Rolfe
1620 Plymouth Colony John Carver, William Bradford
1626 New York Peter Minuit, Peter Stuyvesant
1630 Massachusetts Bay John Winthrop
1633 Maryland George Calvert, Lord Baltimore
1636 Rhode Island Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson

● Mercury is small
● Venus is a hot planet
● Earth has life
● Mars is very cold
● Jupiter is a gas giant
● Saturn has rings
Facts and informations
New england
colonies
The middle
colonies
● Neptune is cold
● Pluto is a dwarf
● Ceres is an asteroid
The southern
colonies

Petitions
Mercury is the closest
planet to the Sun and
the smallest planet
Assemblies
Sons of liberty
Venus has a beautiful
name and very high
temperatures
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Mars is actually a cold
place. It’s full of iron
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Neptune is very far
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Mars is actually a
very cold place
Saturn is
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Earth is the planet
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Revolution
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1765
Aug 13,
1765
Aug 14,
1765
Dec 16,
1773

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Conflict
Saturn is a gas giant and has
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Territory
Earth is the third planet from the
Sun and the only one that harbors
life in the Solar System
Power
Mercury is the closest planet to
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Neptune is the farthest planet
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Venus is the second
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Mars
Mars is actually a
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Venus 95/100 You can write relevant information here
Mercury is closest planet to the Sun and the smallest
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It’s the closest planet
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
65%
Venus
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
80%

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Despite being red,
Mars is a cold place
Meaning
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
Significance
Jupiter is the biggest
planet of them all
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Saturn is a gas giant
and has several rings

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Neptune is very far
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Venus is the second
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Jupiter is the biggest
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Saturn is the only
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Geography Colonialism

The French and Indian War
Sons of Liberty
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planet from the Sun. It’s hot and has a
poisonous atmosphere
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and
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Venus has a beautiful name
and is the second planet from
the Sun. It’s hot and has a
poisonous atmosphere

Important things
The French and Indian War was a major war
fought in the American Colonies between 1754
and 1763. The British gained significant territory
in North America as a result of the war
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A charter
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planet of them all
A province
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun
An assembly
Saturn is the only
planet with rings
An agreement
Mars is actually a very
cold place
The Virginia colony was founded based on?
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B D

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American statesman,
political philosopher,
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Founding Fathers of the
United States
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American silversmith,
early industrialist, Sons
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Patriot in the old
American Revolution
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Irish-American tailor
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American Revolutionary
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1. James Oglethorpe founded North Carolina F
2. Slaves were only in the southern colonies
3. Pennsylvania means "Penn's World"
4. The Dutch and the British had a war
5. Pennsylvania was actually a land grant gift for William Penn
6. Massachusetts had/was the first New England Colony

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