do now: what comes to mind when you hear the word geography?
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Aim: Why was Mesopotamia called the cradle of civilization?
DO NOW: What comes to mind when you hear the word geography?
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REMINDERS
HOMEWORK PACKET #2 is due tomorrow.
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What is geography?
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What is geography?
The study of the environment, people, and the resources they use to live.
Geographers use the five themes of geography to help them study.
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Five themes of geography
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Five themes of geographyLocation - Where is it?
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Five themes of geographyLocation - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
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Five themes of geographyLocation - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
Region - How are places similar or different?
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Five themes of geographyLocation - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
Region - How are places similar or different?
Movement- how do people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another?
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Five themes of geographyLocation - Where is it?
Place - What is it like?
Region - How are places similar or different?
Movement- how do people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another?
Human-Environment Interaction - How do people relate to the physical world.
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We will be looking at the river valley civilizations through not only the 8
characteristics of civilization but the 5 themes of geography.
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Mesopotamia is nicknamed “ The Land Between Two Rivers”
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1. FERTILE CRESCENTA crescent-shaped region of good farmland created by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
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1. FERTILE CRESCENTA crescent-shaped region of good farmland created by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
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2.___________________ a system to bring water to support crops, especially to dry lands.
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2.___________________ a system to bring water to support crops, especially to dry lands.
IRRIGATION
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2.___________________ a system to bring water to support crops, especially to dry lands.
IRRIGATION
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