What is Geography Geography The Study of Earths physical features the study of all the physical features of the Earths surface including its climate and the distribution of plant animal and human life ID: 542148
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5 Themes of GeographySlide2
What is Geography
GeographyThe Study of Earth's physical features: the study of all the physical features of the Earth's surface, including its climate and the distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
There are 5 main parts that make up geographyThese are known as the “5 Themes of Geography”Slide3
Location
Where is this feature located? Where are you located?Absolute Location: This is the specific and definite location of a place
Could use latitude and longitude or even a street address of a placeEx: Edison School is located at 5801 Main Ave. Bow, Wa. 98232
Relative Location: This is a more basic way to describe where a place is.
Relative location describes a place with regard to it’s surroundings
Ex: Edison School is located west of
Chuckanut
Drive, south of the Edison slough and East of Samish BaySlide4
Place
Describes the characteristics of a locationPhysical Characteristics: Natural features of the earthMountains, rivers, beaches, animal and plant life
Human Characteristics: Human changes to the environmentRoads, bridges, buildings, human use of the landSlide5
Human- Environment Interaction
How humans modify the land and adapt to their environmentThis may have positive and negative impacts on the environment
Creating farms and citiesBuilding dams on riversLogging Slide6
Movement
The migration and movement of people, goods and information around the worldThe exchange of information may change the way other areas of the world interact with the land
Ex: Native Americans in WashingtonThe movement of people changes the way the land is used in new places
Colonization of and movement west across the United StatesSlide7
Region
Regions divide the world into smaller units for studyFormal Regions: Official boundaries such as city limits, county, state and national boarders
Functional Regions: Limited by distanceEx: The functional region of a school bus is generally within that school district.
The functional region of a newspaper is its area of circulation
Technology and the internet are changing some functional regions
Vernacular Regions: No formal borders, but rather create mental maps
Ex: “The Pacific Northwest” or “The South”