Vocabulary
5 Themes of Geography
6 Essential Elements of Geography
Technological Tools of Geographers
Careers in Geography
100
the study of people, places, and environments.
What is geography
100
an area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with other areas.
What is a region
100
Geographers study the locations of places and distributions or patterns of features by using maps, data, and other geographic tools.
What is the World in Spatial Terms
100
a system that uses a network of earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint locations.
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)
100
a person who maps and measures the land.
What is a surveyor
200
the physical surroundings of a location.
What is environment
200
an exact position using latitude and longitude , or a description of a place in relation to places around it.
What is location
200
Geographers look for the characteristics of _______ and _______ and then compare their similarities and differences.
What are places and regions.
200
a computer or internet-based mapping technology.
What is Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
200
a person who studies an area to find the best location for a client.
What is a location analyst
300
a model of the earth in the shape of sphere.
What is a globe
300
a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location.
What is place
300
geographers study how people interact the environment and how they use resources.
What is Environment and Society
300
a series of information gathering satellites that orbit above Earth.
What is Landsat
300
a geographer who studies climate.
What is a climatologist
400
a representation of a part of the earth.
What is a map
400
how humans adapt to their environment and change elements of it .
What is human-environment interaction.
400
Geographers study human settlement patterns and use of resources. This information helps explain human interactions and lifestyles.
What are Human Systems
400
primary tool geographers use today to obtain the most accurate information about Earth. (Hint: think remote sensing and Landsat)
What are satellites
400
a person who creates plans for developing and improving parts of a city.
What is an urban planner
500
the study of how the shape of the Earth changes.
What is geomorphology
500
this theme describes the movement of people, goods, and ideas and how they change places and regions and the people who live there.
What is movement
500
Geographers study changes in the Earth's surface. Where and why people choose to live in certain locations may depend on Earth's surface conditions.
What are Physical Systems.
500
Uses of technological tools.
What is tracking weather conditions (normal/severe), mapping accurate depictions of earth, city planning (evacuations, plan parks, etc.), provide the military with information (enemy location, weather conditions, physical landscape). . .
500
a geographer that studies social, political, and economic issues as they relate to place and region.
What is a human geographer
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