Studying Geography
What is Geography?
The study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, and other physical features.
Location
a description of where a place is (absolute & relative location)
How are maps and globes different?
maps are flat, globes are spherical
title
tells what the map is
Why is geography considered a social science?
It deals with people and how they live.
What is human geography?
movement
why and how people relocate (movement of people, goods, and ideas)
What is an advantage of globes over maps?
they show the world as it really is
legend
explains the symbols and colors on a map
What are the 3 levels at which a geographer might study the world?
local, regional, global
Give an example of something that is studied in physical geography.
climate, weather, landforms, bodies of water, soil, vegetation
human-environment interatciton
how people relate to their surroundings (adapt, modify, depend)
to track animals
scale
represents distance on a map
Why do geographers divide the world into regions?
To make it easier to study.
Give an example of something that is studied in human geography.
language, food, religion, clothing, jobs, government, sports, economy
place
the physical and human features that define an area and make it different from other places
What is GIS?
it is made of a group of databases, it is helpful in answering complex questions, it combines and provides information from many differnt sources
locator map
shows where in the world the area on a map is located
What is a region?
A part of the world that has one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.
What are three specialized fields of geography?
cartography, hydrology, meteorology
region
dividing the world into smaller segments to make it easier to study
Lines of latitude are called...
meridians
compass rose
shows cardinal and intermediate directions