Geography

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Geography The Five Themes

• Chapter One

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GEOGRAPHY

• The study of the Earth and the ways people live
  and work on it.

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3 Branches of Geography

• Physical - climate, landforms, hazards,
  disasters, the distribution of plants and
  animals, etc.
• Cultural - also known as human geography,
  includes language, religion, medicine, cities,
  entertainment, etc.
• Economic development, industry, how we move
  ourselves and our goods, how people make a
  living, etc.

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LOCATION

• Where is it?
• How do I get there?

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LOCATION

• Absolute location position on the globe using
  latitude and longitude
• ex. Anchorage, Alaska 61N, 150W
• Relative location location in relation to other
  areas
• ex. Madison Central is located across from
  Daniel Boone Elementary and next to the Madison
  County Country Club

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Richmonds Location

• Absolute - 37 N, 84 W
• Relative - Richmond is located south of
  Lexington and north of Berea in the central part
  of Kentucky

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PLACE

• Every place on Earth has features that
  distinguish it from all other places.

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PLACE

• What is it like there?

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PLACE

• Physical characteristics landforms, climate,
  vegetation
• Human characteristics languages, customs,
  beliefs, government types, economies

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What is unique about Madison County?
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What is unique about Kentucky?
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MOVEMENT

• How are people and places connected?

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MOVEMENT

• Places do not exist in isolation
• People, goods, and ideas move between places

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Movement in Madison County

• Interstate 75
• Many people travel to Lexington to work every day
• Mail from Richmond is transported to Lexington to
  be postmarked

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HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• How do people relate to the land?
• How have people changed the environment?
• What are the consequences of those changes?
• How do people respond to changes in the
  environment?

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HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

• We adapt to the environment in many ways.
  Examples - wearing a coat when it is cold, using
  terraced farming on a hillside, irrigating a
  desert region to farm, making snow to ski
• Often when humans modify or change the
  environment the result is negative. (air
  pollution, water pollution, waste materials)

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Indoor Ski Resort in Dubai
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H/E Interaction in Richmond

• Martin Bypass How did that development change
  the environment?
• Recycling
• Pollution - Kentucky River
• Concrete wastelands
• Army Depot
• ???

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REGION

• Geographers create regions to help classify
  places.
• What regions do you live in?

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REGION

• Formal regions places with similar attributes
  (ex. Corn Belt)
• Functional regions places connected by
  movements (ex. Larger cities and the smaller
  cities that surround it people travel there to
  meet their needs)

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Kentuckys Physical Regions
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Madison Countys Regions

• Formal Bluegrass
• Functional Lexington and the smaller
  communities that surround it like Richmond many
  people travel to Lexington to work, shop,
  entertainment, doctor, etc.