Vocabulary
The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
What is geography?
The study of Earth’s landforms, water, climate, and plants.
What is physical geography?
The study of people, cultures, and the landscapes they create.
What is human geography?
Studying how people in one town live
What is local level?
A U.S. landmark that shows physical geography.
example: What is the Grand Canyon?
The science of making maps.
What is cartography?
Predicting volcanoes and storms is part of this branch.
What is physical geography?
A Greek scientist known as the “Father of Geography."
Who is Eratosthenes?
Studying how global trade connects countries.
What is global level?
A U.S. city known for music and food culture, showing human geography.
example: What is Nashville?
A part of the world that has one or more common features.
What is a region?
The study of weather and what causes it.
What is meteorology?
Human geography often helps these two fields of study.
What are archaeology and history?
Studying an area like the Sahara Desert or Scandinavia.
What is regional level?
The Rocky Mountains are an example of this kind of region.
What is a physical region?
A field of study that looks at people and their relationships
What is social science?
Why do physical geographers keep detailed records?
To track changes and understand Earth’s processes.
Give one way human geography can improve daily life.
Helps plan cities, understand cultures, or protect environments.
A neighborhood like Chinatown in San Francisco.
What is a small cultural region?
Most people in Scandinavia share a language and religion, making it this type of region.
What is a cultural region?
The study of water on Earth, such as rivers and rainfall.
What is hydrology?
Give two reasons why studying physical geography is important.
Helps us understand Earth and prepare for changes like storms/volcanoes.
A specialized branch of human geography that studies cities.
Urban Geography
Name the three main levels at which geographers study the world.
Local, regional, and global.
One way modern maps are different from past maps
They use computers and satellite images instead of being hand-drawn.