Vocabulary
A flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface
A Map
How and why people and things move
The physical and human characteristics of places
Places and Regions
What are the two main branches of geography?
Physical Geography and Human Geography
How is a globe similar to a map?
Example Answers:
Both show what the world looks like
Both show the Earth's physical features
Both identify and describe the world's countries and major cities
An area that includes its land, water, climate, plants, and animals
Environment
Describes the features that make a site unique
Place
The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
Human systems
The study of the world's physical features- its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
Physical Geography
What are the three levels that geographers study the world?
Local, Regional, Global
The science of making maps
Cartography
Areas that share common characteristics
Regions
How to apply geography to interpret the past
The Uses of Geography
Give an example of what a human geographer might study and why
Example answers:
What jobs do people have?
What crops do they grow?
What makes people move from place to place?
Give an example of an absolute direction
A street address
Meteorology
Describes where something is
Location
How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective
The World in Spatial Terms
What is hydrology?
The study of water on earth
How are maps and globes different?
A globe is spherical like Earth and shows the world as it really is; A globe is large and bulky to carry around
A map is not able to perfectly show a spherical area on a perfectly flat surface; A map is easier to carry around and use than a map; Maps distort sizes and distances of places in relation to each other; maps show more information than globes
A field that studies people and the relationships among them
Social Science
How people interact with their environments
Human-Environment Interaction
How human actions modify the physical environment
Environment and society
Give an example of what a physical geographer might study and why
Example Answers:
Where are the plains and mountain ranges?
How do rivers flow across the landscape?
Why is rainfall different in different places?
Give an example of a relative location
Example Answers:
Describing a place in relation to another place
Turn at the McDonalds
Canada is north of the United States