Geography: The Study of Places AND People

Terms to tackle:•Geography

•Landforms

•Climate

•Environment

•Region

•Resources

Of the terms listed below, are there any you already know? Talk with yourneighbor about definitions you’re familiar with!

Set up your paperto take

Cornell notes!

Geography

• Geography is the study of the earth’s physical and cultural features.

• These features include mountains, rivers, people, cities, and countries.

What is culture?

Do you have a culture?

If so, what doesit include?

Geography is broken in two parts;Physical geography and Human geography!

Physical Geography: Landforms

• Landforms are the natural features of the land’s surface.

• Some landforms include mountains, valleys, plains, and canyons.

See if you and your neighbor can identify 5 examples of landformsfrom the picture above.

Get Ready to Test Your Knowledge of Famous Landforms Around the

WORLD!!!

The GrandCanyon

Mt. Everest

Old FaithfulGeyser

Hawaiian Islands

Physical Geography: Climate

• Climate is the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.

• Weather, however, is the conditions at a specific time and place.

My city has cold winters. I’m talking about its ________.It is below freezing today. I’m talking about the _______.

Fill in the blanks!

Physical Geography : Environment

• An environment includes all living and nonliving things that affect human life in an area.

• Environment includes climate, land, water, plants, soil, and animals.

Talk to you neighbor about howwater, climate, and soil affect

humans.

Human Geography

• Human geographers study humans and their cultures.

• Human geographers also study how the environment affects people.

What are the two main branchesof geography?

This is a picture of theDogon people of Mali.

Other Questions Human Geographers Might

Research…

What religionsdo people practice?

What kindof work

do peopledo?

With your neighbor, answer oneof these questions about your

environment.

How do theyget their

food?

How do peoplewho live in deserts

survive?

Why do somediseases

spread easilyin some

environmentsand not others?

Regions

• A region is an area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas.

• Regions can have different climates, physical features, different languages spoken by humans, and even different religions practiced by humans.

Regions are basicallyways geographers organize

land or people into differentpieces.

Can you think of any otherRegions, or ways geographers Might organize land/people?

Resources• Resources are

materials found in the earth that people need and value.

• Some early times essential resources included water, animals, and stones.

An area’s resources has a huge affect on whether or notpeople choose to live in a particular area.

Recapitulate!

Take some time to recap some of the information we discussed. I’m looking for 6-8 GREAT sentences.