GEOGRAPHY

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GEOGRAPHY HISTORY

• I. Geography is
• A) The study of the earth its physical and
  human features (animals, plants, people, land,
  etc.)

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II. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
• B. MOVEMENT
• C. LOCATION
• D. REGION
• E. PLACE

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A) THEME 1 HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION!

• 1) People are constantly interacting with their
  surroundings and environment

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A) THEME 1 HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION!
b) People Change Their Environment
a) People Adapt to Their Environment
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B) THEME 2 MOVEMENT

• 1) Goods and people move by planes, trains,
  trucks, ships, etc.

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B) THEME 2 MOVEMENT
2) People Meet Their Needs by Traveling to Other
Places or Trading With People in Other Places
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B) THEME 2 MOVEMENT CONT

• 3) Ideas move by cell phones, billboards, books,
  newspapers, magazines, etc.

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C) THEME 3 LOCATION

• 1) Relative Location
• a. Where a place is located in relation to
  another place.
• b. EXAMPLE The U.S.A is South of Canada

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THEME 3 LOCATION CONT

• 2) ABSOLUTE LOCATION
• a. A places EXACT address (using coordinates) on
  a map.
• b. Using Latitude (lines that run East to West
  the Equator is 0) AND using Longitude (lines that
  run North to South the Prime Meridian is 0)
• EXAMPLE 40 N AND 75 W

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MAP SHOWING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE (COORDINATES)
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THEME 3 LOCATION CONT

• The Equator is a line of Latitude that
  separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• The Prime Meridian is a line of Longitude that
  separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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D) THEME 4 REGION

• 1) Region-
• a. A very large area that has similar
  characteristics
• b. EXAMPLE The Sahara region of Africa is
  dominated by the Sahara desert as well as the
  Muslim religion.

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E) THEME 5 PLACE

• 1) Place
• a. A small area with similar characteristics

• 2) Each Place can be described in terms of its
  Human Features
• Peoples
• Cultures

• 1) Each Place can be described in terms of
  Physical Characteristics
• Weather
• Land features
• Plants and Animals

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THEME 5 PLACE

• Place
• A small area with similar characteristics.
• Example Dover is a mountainous town with a
  majority of Spanish speaking people.