dog daily oral geography. what is geography? study of where things are on earth, why they are there,...
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• What is Geography?
• Study of where things are on Earth, why they are there, and their relationships to people, things, or other places
• Who are geographers?
• Study where things are and why• Use THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY to learn
about the world
FIVE THEMES of GEOGRAPHY1. LOCATION
Our position on Earth’s surfaceAbsolute Location: tells exactly where something is located
109 Third Street49°N, 25°W
Relative Location: tells where something is located in relation to a place you already know
Five blocks north of the high school
Globe: small model of our round-shaped planet EarthMap: flat representation of Earth
Latitude + Longitude = grid
MAPS
• Grids - marked with numbers and letters• Direction • Scale 1” = 35 miles 1 cm = 20 km• Keys/Legends - tell what the symbols mean• Title
Types of Maps
Political: shows location of countries, states, and provinces with boundary lines of governments (can change)
Physical: location of an area’s physical features - rivers, lakes, mountains, plateaus, valleys, seas (don’t change much)
2. PLACEused to describe the cultural and natural features
Physical Characteristics: landforms, vegetation, and climate combine in different ways to give a place unique physical characteristics. Physical characteristics include the following:
* Oceans: largest water masses on earth* Pacific Ocean* Atlantic Ocean* Indian Ocean* Arctic Ocean
*Seas*Mediterranean Sea*Caribbean Sea*North Sea*Black Sea
*Continents: 7 parts of Earth's land massNorth AmericaSouth AmericaAfricaAsiaAustraliaAntarcticaEurope
*Atmosphere: where weather develops*Climate: main kind of weather in an area;
affected by distance from the equator; precipitation makes a difference in climate
Place: Human Characteristics
• Cultural: language, religion, and beliefs define a place’s human character
• Helps make you more aware of what makes a place special
* Cultural * NaturalLanguage LandscapeClothing PlantsBuildings Animal Life Music ClimateFoods
3. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
• Study to learn how people use Earth’s resources and how that affects geographical systems
• Changes and adaption's to surroundings (irrigation, skyscrapers)
• There are always advantages and disadvantages to living in an area
Decisions People Make to Adapt to the Environment
• People depend on the environment• People modify their environment• People adapt to their environment
4. MOVEMENT
• How people, ideas, information, and products move around the world
• Factors of movement* PUSH FACTORS *PULL FACTORS
War ExplorationReligion JobsFreedom Money
• Geographers understand what effects movement has had on people and the environment
• Geographers learn how ideas move