1. Geography: The Study of Places AND People
Of the terms listed below, are there any you already know? Talk with your
neighbor about definitions you’re familiar with!
Geography: The Study of Places AND People
Terms to tackle:
Geography
Landforms
Climate
Environment
Region
Resources
Set up your paper
to take
Cornell notes!

2. What is culture?
Do you have a
culture?
If so, what does
it include?
Geography
Geography is the study of the earth’s physical and cultural features.
These features include mountains, rivers, people, cities, and countries.
Geography is broken in two parts;
Physical geography and Human geography!

3. Physical Geography: Landforms
Landforms are the natural features of the land’s surface.
Some landforms include mountains, valleys, plains, and canyons.
See if you and your neighbor can identify 5 examples of landforms
from the picture above.

4. Get Ready to Test Your Knowledge of Famous Landforms Around the WORLD!!!
The Grand
Canyon
Mt. Everest
Old Faithful
Geyser
Hawaiian
Islands

5. Physical Geography: Climate
Climate is the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
Weather, however, is the conditions at a specific time and place.
My city has cold winters. I’m talking about its ________.
It is below freezing today. I’m talking about the _______.
Fill in the
blanks!

6. Physical Geography : Environment
An environment includes all living and nonliving things that affect human life in an area.
Environment includes climate, land, water, plants, soil, and animals.
Talk to you neighbor about how
water, climate, and soil affect
humans.

7. What are the two main branches
Human Geography
Human geographers study humans and their cultures.
Human geographers also study how the environment affects people.
This is a picture of the
Dogon people of Mali.
What are the two main branches
of geography?

8. Other Questions Human Geographers Might Research…
What kind
of work
do people
do?
What religions
do people
practice?
How do people
who live in deserts
survive?
How do they
get their
food?
Why do some
diseases
spread easily
in some
environments
and not others?
With your neighbor, answer one
of these questions about your
environment.

9. Regions are basically
ways geographers organize
land or people into
different
pieces.
Regions
A region is an area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas.
Regions can have different climates, physical features, different languages spoken by humans, and even different religions practiced by humans.
Can you think of any other
Regions, or ways geographers
Might organize land/people?

10. Resources
Resources are materials found in the earth that people need and value.
Some early times essential resources included water, animals, and stones.
An area’s resources has a huge affect on whether or not
people choose to live in a particular area.

11. Recapitulate! Take some time to recap some of the information we discussed. I’m looking for 6-8 GREAT sentences.