Transcript What is Geography?

What is Geography and why does it
matter?
Created by C. Amaya
What is Geography?
What is the
difference
 Geography - The
study of
 Geography uses:
where people, places and things
absolute
 creating maps
are located andbetween
how they relate
to each other.
 Globes
and
 Location:relative locations?
 charts
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Relative- describing the
position of a certain place in
relation to another place.
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Absolute- exact location of a
place by using latitude &
longitude.
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an understanding of the
links between people
and the Earth.
Location
 Latitude:
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Measures distances north or
south of the Equator.
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Longitude:
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Measures distances east
or west of the Prime
Meridian.
 Equator:
Use your arm to show me…
• Prime Meridian:
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Divides the Earth into two
Latitude.
halves, called hemispheres.
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Now longitude.
Northern Hemisphere-lies
north of equator
Southern Hemisphere- lies
south of equator.
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An imaginary line that
runs through Greenwich,
England.
• The circle formed
divides Earth into the
Eastern and Western
Hemispheres.
Place
 Geographers describe place in terms of:
 Physical characteristics
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Let’s try another example:
New York City, NY
Human characteristics
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Including: landforms, climate, soil, and animal life of a place.
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Including: people’s way of life-their activities, means of
transportation,
religion,characteristics?
and languages.
Physical
 Example: Los Angeles, CA
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Physical=position on Pacific coast, weather, landforms, and its
Human
characteristics?
plant/animal
life.
Human=Hollywood, stores, houses, and roads.
Los Angeles’ physical & human characteristics are
connected.
Movement of peoples and ideas
 Migration
 Ideas mean?
What does interdependence
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 Occurs with movement of
Early peoples
people and goods
Slavery
Why do you think it would
be important
 Has become highly efficient
Modern
modern technology.
for us day
in areasons
global society towith
understand
 Trade
the IMPLICATIONS(consequences)
of
Interdependence
Defined as: the dependence
being
interdependent?
 Why does trade
occur?
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Exports
Imports
of people, goods, resources,
and knowledge from other
parts of the world.
Continents and oceans
 Seven continents:
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North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctic
 Oceans of the world:
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Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic