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•Geography is the study of the earth and the ways people live and work
• Comes from the Greek word geographia “description of the earth”
What are the 5 themes?
• The five themes are what geographers examine when learning about a destination.• Location• Place• Movement• Human-Environment Interaction• Region
Where are we?
• LOCATION answers this question in geography.
• There are two types of LOCATION.• Absolute Location• Relative Location
Location
• Absolute Location:• The exact location of
a country.• This location can
never move or change.
• Uses latitude & longitude
• Can be an address including the zip code
Location
• Relative Location• The location of a
place in relation to another geographic feature.
• Where is Lake Mead in relation to Las Vegas?
What is it like?
• PLACE is what is described by people when they return from a destination.
• What do you imagine when you think of:• China• Russia• France• India
Place
• When looking at a place we need to examine two kinds of characteristics.
• Physical Characteristics• Human Characteristics
Place
• Physical Characteristics:• Describes the land forms, vegetation, and
climate of a location.• Las Vegas
• Valley-land surrounded by mountains & hills.• Shrubs and cactus• Dry, hot desert
• Miami, Florida• Lowlands, swamps, and beaches• Tropical flora and fauna• Humid and hot
Place
• Human Characteristics:• Examines the humans of the area.
• How many people live, work, and visit a place?• What are their languages, customs, and
beliefs?• How does their economy work?• What type of government do they have & how
does it work?
Human Characteristics of USA
• Commonalities • Languages?• Religions?• Economy?• Government?• Popular Locations?
Human Characteristics of USA
• Common languages: English & Spanish• Religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam,
and many other religions.• Economy: Mixed market• Government: Democratic federal
republic• Popular Locations: Disney World, NYC,
Las Vegas, LA, and Washington, D.C.
Human-Environment Interaction
• How do humans and the environment affect each other?• Alteration: we change the environment &
sometimes Mother Nature changes it back.• Panama Canal• Levies on floodplains (Earth City)
• Adaptation: when we cannot change the environment, we have to adjust to it.• Floods in Mid-west• Hurricane Andrew & Katrina• California mudslides
H.E.I - Continued• There are three (3) key concepts to HEI.
• Humans adapt on the environment• Mississippi River for transportation & water.• Wearing clothes that are suitable for the weather.
• Humans alter the environment• Heating & cooling buildings for comfort• Build pools which increase humidity levels
• Humans depend on the environment• Humans use the plants and animals as food and
as raw materials • Humans extract minerals from the earth’s crust to
use as raw materials for making products
H.E.I. - Continued
• Environment is not just nature, but it is also a feeling!
• What is the environment of a big city with Los Angeles or New York City?
Movement: the transfer of material and non-material entities from one location to another.
• Our world has been shaped by the movement of:1. Material entities
• People, resources, and Goods
2. Non-material entities• Mass Communication & energy
• We live in a global community and economy that depends on huge amounts of movement.
Movement-Continued
• Humans occupy places unevenly on Earth due to the environment.
• We interact through Movement: travel, trade, and information.
Regions
• Basic unit of study in geography.
• Display a unity in terms of a common characteristic.• Government• Language• Landforms
Formal Regions
• Defined by governmental or administrative boundaries.• States• Countries• Continents• Landforms• Cultures• Languages• Religions, etc.
Functional Regions
• Defined by a function.• Airline Service Area• Newspaper Areas
• If the function ceases, the region no longer exists.