History
Comes from the greek word Geo and Graphos
Geography
Deals with the relationship between humans and environment.
Ecology
Use by geography to explain how, why and when the Earth’s events occur.
Methodological principles
It's also called prime meridian, divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Greenwich Meridian
Divides the planet into two hemispheres (North and South).
Equator
Greek geographer who invented the word Geography. He was the first to demostrate the earth was round.
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
It's all of the features that make a place unique.
Landscapes
The type of landscape that has not been modified by human action.
Natural landscape
Studies the transformation that geographical events and phenomena experiment.
Evolution
It offers a complete view of Earth, observing the actual proportions of the Earth’s surface.
Terrestrial globe
He (German) presented a new theory focused on demonstrating how the physical environment affects social behavior (Geographical determinism)
Friedrich Ratzel
Geographical elements that occur in a determined location of space.
Location
Temporary processes occurring on the Earth's surface, like cyclones, rain, earthquakes, wildfires, etc.
Geographical phenomena
It's expressed through the parallels (horizontal lines) and divides the earth in two hemispheres: Northern and southern.
Latitude
It's your teacher birthday celebration.
October 28th.
He (Prussian) was considered the father of modern geography.
Alexander Von Humboldt
The three branches of Geography.
Physical, human and biological
Branch of Geography that studies landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features.
Physical Geography
They're plain representations that show an Earth’s portion.
Maps
It's the height from the mean sea level to any point on the Earth's surface.
Altitude