1. GEOGRAPHY BASICS Location/Maps/ Regions/Geography Terms

2. GEOGRAPHY BASICS Location Maps & Globes The Concept of Region
Geography Terms

3. LOCATION Place Names Relative Location Exact Location
labels for locations
toponyms
Relative Location
location relative to other locations
situation
Exact Location
geographic grid (38 °N °W)
latitude & longitude
site

4. Location/Geographic Grid
relative, exact, place names
Geographic Reference Points
Equator
North and South Poles
Geographic Grid
Latitude & Longitude

5. Longitude
Locating Places
Using The
Geographic
Grid
Latitude

6. GEOGRAPHIC GRID
Equator - A circle that divides the globe into two equal halves or hemispheres of north and south. Located at 0 ° latitude

7. GEOGRAPHIC GRID
North and South Poles - located at right angles or 90° from the plane of the equator. 90

8. is the angular measurement North or South of the Equator
Latitude
is the angular measurement
North or South of the Equator

9. Parallels are circular
lines used to indicate latitude

10. the angular measurement
LONGITUDE -
the angular measurement
East or West of England

11. Meridians are arcs
used to indicate longitude

13. Prime Meridian: The meridian, designated as 0° E, W longitude,
that passes
through the Royal
Observatory at
Greenwich, England.

14. International Date Line: An arc that follows
180° longitude E,W. When crossing the
date line, the calendar is turned forward
or backward one day, depending on
direction of travel.

15. Latitude is angular measurement north and south of the equator
Longitude is angular measurement east and west of England

16. What are the
coordinates of
point "P"?

17. GEOGRAPHY BASICS Location Maps & Globes The Concept of Region
Geography Terms

18. MAPS & GLOBES Tools of the Geographer –
Globes – round models of the earth
Maps – flat representations of the earth
Remote Sensing Images
Photographic
Satellite collection of data
Geographic Information Systems

19. MAPS Maps show shape area distance & direction
Map: flat representations of a globe
Maps show
shape
area
distance &
direction

20. SCALE
Scale: the size relationship between what the map shows and actual distance on the ground
Large scale = small area
Small scale= large area

21. SCALE
Scale: the relationship between units on the map and actual distance on the ground
Written Scale: one inch equals one mile
Linear or Graphic Scale:
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Ratio Scale (representative fraction): 1:63,360

23. GEOGRAPHY BASICS Location Maps & Globes The Concept of Region
Geography Terms

24. units of geographic study
THE CONCEPT OF REGION
Regions -
units of geographic study

25. THE CONCEPT OF REGION Worlds within worlds
Areas with unifying characteristics
Regions may be large or small
continental or local
ie. World regions, countries, local regions
Subregions
regions within regions

26. THE CONCEPT OF REGION Regions may be economic environmental historical
cultural
other ideas?

27. THE CONCEPT OF REGION Formal Regions - clear definitive regions
ie.city administrative region
Functional Regions - regions that facilitate interaction between regions
positive linkages & conflicts
ie. ethnic regions

28. World Culture Regions

31. GEOGRAPHY BASICS Location Maps & Globes The Concept of Region
Geography Terms

32. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Hearth: The region from which a phenomenon originates; a center of innovation.

33. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Distance Decay: The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

34. GEOGRAPHY TERMS Diffusion: The spread of a feature or trend
through bodily movement of people or
technology from one region to another.

35. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Spatial Interaction: The movement of people, goods, and ideas within and among regions.

36. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Acculturation: The modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more prevalent culture.

37. GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Assimilation: Complete integration with dominant culture. Loss of distinguishing characteristics of original culture are lost with the second generation or later. The child will be assimilated, while the parents from another culture will acculturate.

38. GEOGRAPHY TERMS Distribution
The regular arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface.

39. GEOGRAPHY TERMS Distribution includes:
Density: How many of something exists within a given unit of area.
Concentration: clusters or groupings of something.
Pattern: The geometric or regular arrangement of something in an area.

40. Diffusion
of Languages