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What is Geography?
Geography is the study of Earth and it's people, places, and environments. They look at people and the world in terms of space and region.
What types of activities might a geographer who is "thinking spatially" engage in?
He will engage in location, shape, and sizes of the earth features.
_________ are features such as population, economic activity, and land use.
Human
______ the average weather of a place over a long period of time.
Climate
__________ materials used to produce crops and other products
Resources
What are the spatial aspects of the Earth?
_________ are features such as population, economic activity, and land use.
Human
What are the five themes of Geography?
Location
Place
Region
Human -Environment Interaction
_______ are features such as climate, landforms, and vegetation.
Physical
_______ characteristics like roads, tunnels, or bridges, can impact the environment.
Human
_______ are features such as climate, landforms, and vegetation.
Physical
What is location?
Location is where something is found on Earth.
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of Earth and it's people, places, and environments. They look at people and the world in terms of space and region.
What types of activities might a geographer who is "thinking spatially" engage in?
He will engage in location, shape and sizes of the earth features.
What are the spatial aspects of the Earth?
Spatial refers to the Earth's features in terms of their locations, their shapes, and their relationships to one another.
What are the five themes of Geography?
Location
Place
Region
Human -Environment Interaction
What is Relative and Absolute Location?
Relative Location- describes where a place is compared to another place.
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
Geographers define "Place" by its ________ and _____ characteristics.
physical and human
_________ the shape and nature of the land (Hills, mountains, valleys, bodies of water etc.
landforms.
_______ characteristics like roads, tunnels, or bridges, can impact the environment.
_______ characteristics like roads, tunnels, or bridges, can impact the environment.
Geographers use ________ and _________ to identify location.
latitude and longitude
Lines of Lattitude run _______ to _____, but they measure distance on earth in a north-south direction.
East to West
_________ is the way _________________ products, ideas and ________________ move from one place to another.
Movement, People, Information
The environment is the ______ surroundings of a place. Key features of the environment include:
Landforms, Climate, and Resources
Natural
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of Earth and it's people, places, and environments. They look at people and the world in terms of space and region.