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Section 1: Studying Geography
Section 2: Geography Themes and Essential Elements
Section 3: The Branches of Geography
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The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create is a science called ________.
Geography
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What is absolute location?
where something is exactly, without comparing it to anything else.
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What are the two main branches of geography?
Physical and Human
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List two differences of maps and globes
Maps are flat and often have more details, the shapes aren't perfect Globes are spheres, less detail, more accurate
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What does the theme of movement look at? (Daily Double!!)
How people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
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List four features that a physical geographer might study.
landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, plants, etc.
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What are the three levels that geographers use to study the world?
Local Region Global
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Define the theme of Human-Environment Interaction
This theme is about how people interact with their environment (how the environment changes people and how people change the environment)
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Why is cartography important? (Daily Double!!)
Without accurate maps it would be very difficult for geographers to study anything
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What is a social science?
A field that studies people and the relationships among them.
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What are the essential elements of geography?
The most important ideas geographers study.
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What would a human geographer study?
the world's people, communities, and landscapes
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How is geography a science and a social science?
Geographers use science to figure out how the physical world works and use social science to study what people are like in different places.
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List all 5 of the themes of geography
Location Place Movement Region Human environment Interaction
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Define Hydrology and give an example of what they might study
study of Earth's water