Studying Geography

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Studying Geography
CHAPTER 1

• Section 1 Themes and Essential Elements
• Section 2 Skill Building Using the Geographers
  Tools

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Objectives
Section 1Themes and Essential Elements

• What are the two main branches of geography?
• How do we use geography?
• What are some ways we can organize our world and
  the study of geography?

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Two main branches of geography
Section 1Themes and Essential Elements

• human geographydistribution and characteristics
  of the worlds people
• physical geographyEarths natural environments

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How we use geography
Section 1Themes and Essential Elements

• in governmentfor mapmaking and planning
• in businessfor marketing and development
• in schoolsfor education

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Organizing the world
Section 1Themes and Essential Elements

• By regions formal, functional, perceptual
• Organizing the study of geography
• By five themeslocation, place, human-environment
  interaction, movement, region
• By six essential elements
• 1. The World in Spatial Terms
• 2. Places and Regions
• 3. Physical Systems

4. Human Systems 5. Environment and Society 6.
The Uses of Geography
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Objectives
Section 2Skill Building Using the Geographers
Tools

• How do geographers and mapmakers organize our
  world?
• What kinds of special maps do geographers use?
• How do geographers use climate graphs and
  population pyramids?

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How geographers and mapmakers organize the world
Section 2Skill Building Using the Geographers
Tools

• by drawing lines on the globe
• by identifying hemispheres, continents, and
  bodies of water
• by making and using maps

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Special-purpose maps
Section 2Skill Building Using the Geographers
Tools

• climate and precipitation maps
• population and economic maps
• elevation profiles and topographic maps

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Climate graphs
Section 2Skill Building Using the Geographers
Tools

• Climate graphs show average temperatures and
  precipitation in a place.
• Population pyramids
• Population pyramids show the percentage of males
  and females by age group in a countrys
  population, and help chart population trends.