Transcript Exploring Geography Chapter 1

Exploring Geography
Chapter 1
The Study of Geography
Section 1
What is Geography?
• Geography is the study of where people,
places, and the things are located and how
they relate to each other.
Geography Tools
• SATELLITES
• SONAR
• They use it to record
• It stands for Sound,
images of the earth´s
Navigation, and
surface. They use it to
Ranging. It determines
compare images to
distance and direction.
identify changes in land,
Geographers use it to
vegetation, and urban
study the ocean floor.
growth.
More technology..
• GPS
• It´s the Global
Positioning System. It
provides info about
location. (24 satellites)
• GIS
• Geography information
systems. It´s used to
collect, manipulate,
analyse data in order to
solve a geographic
problems.
Geography´s Five Themes.
• To organize the study of the world we use 5
themes.
• Location
• Place
• Region
• Movement
• Human-environment interation.
Location
• Absolute Location
• Shows its position on
the globe. They use the
imaginary lines marking
positions on the surface
of the earth (longitudes
and latitudes)
• New Orleans, Louisiana
is at 30°N and 90°W
• Relative location
• The relation compared
to other places.
• New Orleans is several
hundred miles south of
Memphis, Tennessee.
Place
• Physical Characteristics
• Landforms-flat,
mountains, etc.
Ecosystems- tropical
rain forests.
• Climate- hurricanes,
blizzards, floods, etc.
• Human Characteristics
• How many people live
there?
• How many people
work?
• What are the
languages?
• What are the customs?
Regions
• Regions can be determine by perceptions.
• Formal Regions- Certain characteristics are found
throughout the area. (Cities are political regions;
same law)
• Functional Regions- Consists of a central place
and the surroundings. (Business District,
Shopping district, Housing district)
• Perceptual Regions- Defined by people´s feelings.
(The South, Far East, Midwest)
The last 2 Themes of Geography
• Movement
• Because places have
different characteristics, it
follows that people,
goods, and ideas will
move between them.
• Example, New Orleans´s
french influence.
• Indian food in England
• Rap music worldwide.
• Human-Enviornment
Interaction.
• Enormous changes by
humans.
• For example irrigation,
automobiles, air
conditioning.
• Plants and wildlife
brought in from other
areas have altered the
region´s ecosystems.
Homework 1
Section 1 Assessment
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