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CHAPTER 1
Studying Geography
Section 1: Themes and Essential
Elements
Section 2: Skill Building: Using the
Geographer’s Tools
SECTION 1
Themes and Essential
Elements
Question:
What are some similarities
and differences in the
characteristics of the two
main branches of geography?
SECTION 1
Themes and Essential Elements
Human
Geography
• study of distribution
and characteristics
of the world’s
people (where
people live and what
they do)
• examines how
people make and
trade things that
they need to survive
Physical
Geography
Both
• interaction of
people with
their
environments
• focuses on Earth’s
natural
environments
including
landforms, water
features, plants,
animals, and other
physical features
• studies the
processes that
shape physical
environment
SECTION 2
Skill Building: Using the
Geographer’s Tools
Question:
What are characteristics
of the three map
projection types?
SECTION 2
Skill Building: Using the
Geographer’s Tools
Map
Projection
Advantages
Disadvantages
cylindrical
used by navigators because
it show true direction and
shape
exaggerates land masses at
high altitudes
conic
accurate for area with long
east-west dimensions
not as accurate for areas that
extend mostly north to south
flat-plane
used by pilots and
navigators because it
shows true direction, area,
and sizes
distorts shapes
CHAPTER 1
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What are two main branches in the study of
geography?
2. What six essential elements help us organize
the study of geography?
3. How are the three kinds of regions defined?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
the three main map projections?
5. What are six kinds of special-purpose maps?