How Do I Study Geography?

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How Do I Study Geography?
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Thinking Spatially

• Where are places located and why are they there
• Why is a place important
• Are there patterns or similarities among places

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Mapping Tools
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1.1 Thinking Spatially
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Five Themes of Geography.

• Location
• Place
• Human/Environment interaction
• Movement
• Regions

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Location

• Serves as a starting point by asking Where is
  it?
• Knowing location helps you develop an awareness
  of the world around you.
• Examples

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Place

• Describes characteristics of geographic location.
  
• Physical characteristics such as landforms,
  climate, plant and animal life.
• Human characteristics such as language or way of
  life.

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Human/Environment Interaction

• How people interact with their environment.
• Boundary lines
• Where people settle
• Interaction with wildlife

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Movement

• Continual spreading of people, ideas and goods.

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Regions

• Regions are places that are united by one or more
  common characteristics.

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Six Essential Elements of Geography

• The World in Spatial Terms -use tools to study
  places on Earth
• Places and Regions -characteristics
• Physical Systems earthquakes, volcanoes
• Human Systems how we live and create
• Environment and Society how we use the
  environment and how we change it
• The Uses of Geography -

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World Regions