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What is Geography
Gets its name from the ancient Greek word geographia, meaning “earth description.”
Not just about land and water has a lot to do with people
Five Themes of Geography
Place
Place includes the physical and human characteristics of a location that make it different from others.
Ex: climate, religion, language
Location Location is the
exact spot on Earth where something is found.
Location is determined by an imaginary grid of lines called latitude and longitude.
Human-Environment Interaction
Human-environment interaction describes the impact that people have on the land and water. Ex: Hoover Dam,
The Rocky Mountains.
Movement
Movement is how people and goods, ideas, information and resources interact.Ex: trade
RegionsRegion is an area
that is unified by certain human, physical, cultural or economic characteristics.
Geographers divide the world into regions in order to study it more easily.Ex: population, history,
climate, landforms
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