Studying Geography
What is Geography?
It is the study of the world, its people, and the landscape they create
What are the five themes of Geography?
Location, Place, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement.
What is Physical Geography?
It is the study of landforms, water bodies, and other physical features.
To fully understand how the world works, geographers often look at places at three
different levels. What are these levels?
Local level, Regional Level and Global level.
What are the six essential elements and geography standards?
The World in Spatial Terms, Human Systems, Places and Regions, Physical Systems,Environment and Society and The Uses of Geography.
What is the main focus of human geography?
People, their cultures, and the landscapes they create.
Geographers use many tools to study the world. What are these?
Maps and globes and Satellite image among others.
How many kinds of location exist. What are these?
Two, absolute and relative location
Geography is divided into two main branches. what are these?
Physical and Human Geography.
At what levels do geographers study the world?
At local, regional and global level.
What does an area’s environment include?
Land, water, climate, plants and animals.
Mention other fields of Geography.
Cartography, Hydrology and Meteorology
Human-made machines that orbit Earth. What are these?
Artificial Satellites
What are some features in your area that a physical geographer might study?
Volcanos, cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
Who was the first person ever to use the word Geography?
Eratosthenes