What is Geography?
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of the world, its people, and the landscape they create.
What are the cardinal directions(need all eight)?
North, South, East, West
Northeast, Northwest
Southeast, Southwest
What are the two types of location?
Absolute and Relative
What are the two main branches of Geography?
Human and Physical Geography
Why are the Uses of Geography so important(What does it look at)?
Uses of Geography looks at understanding how to apply Geography to explain the past, and help make decisions of the present.
What is Social Science?
Social Science is a field that studies people and the relationships among them.
What is latitude and longitude measured in?
What is a region?
Region is a group of places that share physical characteristics, human characteristics, or both.
What is Physical Geography?
Physical Geography is the study of landforms, bodies of water, and other physical features on Earth.
Give me three reasons why people move?
War, Job opportunity, Weather/Climate, Crime
Local, Regional, Global
What are latitude and longitude lines?
Latitude: Horizontal imaginary lines that tell the location north and south of the equator.
Longitude: Vertical imaginary lines that tell the location east and west of the Prime Meridian.
Recycling, Agriculture, Construction, Pollution, Walking, Biking,
What is Human Geography
Human Geography focuses on people, their cultures, and the landscapes they create.
Why do geographers use places and regions?
Geographers use places and regions as concepts to help people understand the world by breaking down into smaller, more manageable parts.
What are four different tools Geographers use?
1. Notebook/Pencil
2. Tape recorder
3. Measuring devices
4. Satellite Images
The compass needle always points in which direction?
North
Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
What are three other subbranches' of Geography
Cartography = making of maps
Meteorology= study of weather
Hydrology = study of water
What are three differences between a map and a globe?
1. Maps are 2D, Globes are 3D
2. Maps can be used to navigate a certain place, Globes can not.
3. Maps show a geographic area, while globes show the world on sphere that rotates on an axis
What does each of the letters represent in TODALS(explain each letter)?
Title
Orientation
Date
Author
Legend/Key
Scale
Why is important for Geographers to know and understand the five themes of geography?
To help better understand the Earth/Environment around us.
What are two examples of human geography and physical geography?
Jobs, Population, Language, Tradition, Religion
Volcanos, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Ponds
What are all six essential elements of geography?
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. The Uses of Geography