Transcript What is geography? - Saugerties Central Schools

World Geography
Global Studies 9
Mrs. Hart
What is geography?
Geography is the study of people,
their environments, and the
resources available to them. There
are two types of geography; physical
and cultural.
Physical Geography
• Physical geography cover topics relating to
the surface of the earth – landforms like
mountains and plateaus, glaciers, climate
and weather, oceans, earth-sun interactions,
environmental hazards, and more.
Cultural Geography
Cultural geography is also known as human
geography. It covers a wide range of human
interaction with the land. It includes language,
religion, medicine, cities, economics,
entertainment, and much more.
Five Themes of Geography:
Location
Location tells where a place is on the surface of
the Earth. Location is considered to be absolute
or relative.
Absolute location is the exact place where an area
is located. It is measured using longitude and
latitude.
Longitude and Latitude
Longitude (shown as vertical lines) is the angular
distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a
point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich)
Meridian.
Latitude (shown as
horizontal lines) is the
angular distance, in
degrees, minutes, and
seconds of a point north
or south of the Equator.
Five Themes of Geography: Place
Place refers to the physical and human
characteristics of an area, including natural and
human-made landmarks. Physical
characteristics of a place help determine where
people live and do business. Human-made
structures also help to describe a
place.
Five Themes of Geography:
Human-environmental Interaction
Human-environmental interaction refers to how
people have shaped
and have been shaped by
places in which they live.
Five Themes of Geography:
Movement
Movement refers to the way that people, goods,
and ideas have traveled from one place to
another. The result of movement has been the
spreading the of customs, traditions, and other
ways of doing things. Together these elements
along with others, form what we call a culture.
Five Themes of Geography: Region
Region refers to an area
of the world that has
common
characteristics.
Climate and other
geographical features
can be used to identify a
region. Cultural
characteristics many
also distinguish one
region from another.