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Geography
Geography: the study of the Earth
Where are things located?
Why are they there?
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Location
Location: where a place is
• Cardinal Directions: North, South, East, West
• Intermediate Directions: lie between cardinal directions; northeast
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Latitude (parallels): distance north or south of the Equator Equator = 0°
Longitude (meridians): distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian = 0°
Location
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Hemispheres: half the earth
Equator divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres
Prime Meridian divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres
North Pole = 90° N
South Pole = 90° S
NS
E W
Location
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Longitude Lines + Latitude Lines = Global Grid
Latitude
Longitude
Location
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Global Grid Map
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Alpha-numeric Grid
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Absolute Location: exact location
• Savannah, Georgia is located at 32° N, 81° W
• The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Relative Location: location of a place relative to another
place
• Tallahassee is about 400 miles northwest of Miami
• Get to the Mini Mart, head ¼ mile west, turn right at
the lights…
Location
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RegionsRegions: groups that are defined by certain similar characteristics:
• population, history, climate, landforms, etc.
Country: common national historyCity or country: common governmentSchool District: common school system
Land can be divided into regions that share: Formal features -----Regions in western United States include the Rocky Mountains and Mojave Desert (landforms).-- Regions in Mexico include that specific city’s population (Mexico City’s population is 23,000,000 people and still increasing)
Functional features ---newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area
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PlacePlace: An area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places at a specific location (or spot)
• Human (characteristics) Features: Man-made• Physical (characteristics) Features: Nature
Human Features Physical FeaturesMusic Beliefs Climate LandformsClothing Food Plants AnimalsReligion Languages Natural Resources
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MovementMovement: explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another
What happens in one place affects what happens in another
- HUMAN MovementTrucks, Trains, Planes, Auto
- INFORMATION (Technology) MovementPhones, computer (email), mail
- IDEA MovementHow do fads or cultural traditions move fromplace to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines
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Push Factors: causes a person to leave a particular area
Pull Factors: causes a person to come into a particular area
Push Factors Pull FactorsWar Job OpeningsSickness (Epidemic) Good Weather/ClimateNo JobsBad Weather/Climate -Lots of Natural
Resources-Few Natural Resources -Exploration-Restrictions on Religion -Money-Government Control -Freedom
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Human-Environment Interaction
Human-Environment Interaction: explores how people affect their environment, or natural surroundings and how the environment affects them
-Cut trails into mountains-Learned to survive with little water
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Human-Environment Interaction
Decisions People Make to Adapt to Environment:
-We Depend on the environmentFor example, people depend on the Mississippi River for water and transportation
-We Modify the environment by heatingand cooling buildings for comfort
-We Adapt to the environment by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and winter (coats), rain and shine.
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Remembering the 5 themes
If you can’t remembering what they are just ask MR. HELP!!!
____ – Movement
____ – Regions
____ – Human Environment interaction
____ – Location
____- Place
If you can’t remembering what they are just ask MR. HELP!!!
____ – Movement____ – Regions____ – Human Environment interaction____ – Location____- Place
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Alpha-Numeric Map: http://www.rrcs.org/socialstudies9745.aspx
Absolute Location Map: http://pinkmathematics.blogspot.com/2013/05/if-world-were-village-of-100-people.html