What is Geography
Geographer's Tools
5 Themes of Geopgraphy
Physical Geography
Human Geography
100
the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create
What is Geography
100
What are the 2 main tools that geographers use?
What are maps and globes
100
Where something is, can be absolute or relative
What is location
100
the study of the world's physical features - its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
What is physical geography
100
the study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes
What is human geography
200
all the human and physical features that make it unique
What is landscape
200
a spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet
What is a globe
200
describes the features that make a site unique
What is place
200
the study of weather
What is meterology
200
common needs of all humans are food, water, and
What is shelter
300
a field that studies people and the relationships among them
What is social science
300
a flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface
What is a map
300
areas that share a common characteristics
What is regions
300
land, water, climate, plants and animals are an area's
What is environment
300
economics and politics would be something that a ____________ geographer would study
What is human
400
What caused the Rocky Mountains to form?
What is a scientific question a geographer might ask
400
2 basic types of satellite images
What are true color and infrared
400
the theme that looks at how and why people and things move
What is movement
400
this geographer might study rainfall patterns
What is hydrologist
400
What crops are growing in an area might be a questions that this type of geographer may ask
What is human geographer
500
They can predict when natural disasters are going to occur.
What is how geographers can help people
500
Globes can show us the Earth
What is in its true form
500
people interact with their environments in many ways
What is human-environment interaction
500
the science of making maps
What is cartography
500
the study of cities and how people live in them
What is urban geography