Physical or Human?
This branch studies Earth's natural features and processes.
Physical geography
Physical geographyThis is the first question geographers ask when locating something
Where is it?
In what year was the National Geographic Society founded?
1888
Geography helps us develop these skills for finding our way around.
Navigation skills
This geography career involves creating maps.
Cartographer
This branch studies people and cultures on Earth's surface.
Human geography
After asking where, geographers often ask this question to explain a location.
Why there?/Why is it there?
In what year was the United States Geological Survey founded?
1879
Geography helps us make sense of people who have different traditions and ways of life.
Other cultures
This career protects and works in national parks and forests.
Park Ranger
Studying where people live and why they move is mostly this branch of geography
Human Geography
Climate, population, and culture can all help a geographer understand this
A place
What name first appeared on a map of the Americas in 1507?
America
Geography can help improve this school skill involving books and text.
Reading
FEMA is associated with this geography-related career field.
Emergency Management
studying how a drought affects rivers and soil is mostly this branch.
physical geography
This Greek calculated the circumference of Earth around 240 B.C.
Eratosthenes
Who laid out the main principles of geography in 1650?
Bernhardus Varenius
Before traveling somewhere, you should understand these two types of geography.
Physical and human geography
This career uses Geographic Information Systems to study geographic data.
GIS Analyst
Name three things studied in physical geography.
seasons, climate, atmosphere, soil, streams, landforms, oceans
What was the name of Eratosthenes’ three-volume work?
Geographika
In 150, this mapmaker organized information about the world’s geography.
Ptolemy
Geography helps us understand how countries and people around the world depend on each other.
Global interdependence
Name three careers from the slides that involve the environment or conservation.
Examples: Environmental Consultant, Sustainability Consultant, Ecologist, Conservationist, Nature Conservation Officer