Objective: To identify and discuss the five themes of geography. People - Geography - a group of persons united by a common culture, tradition, and usually language the study of people, their environments, and their resources Environment - the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population Resources - a source of support that can be readily drawn upon when needed. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding a given organism at any time. the natural wealth of a country, consisting of land, forests, mineral deposits, water, etc.

Physical features (climate, animals, etc.) Movement 5 Themes of Geography Physical features (climate, animals, etc.) Movement Place Human features (languages, houses etc.) movement of people, goods, and ideas MR. LIP Interaction between people and their environment Region Location Examples: hunting, farming an area that has similar, unifying characteristics position on the Earth’s surface

Objective: To examine the major forms of land masses and bodies of water.

Island – land area that is surrounded by water Long Island Archipelago – chain of islands Hawaiian Islands

Cape – Narrow point of land that extends into a body of water Cape Cod, MA Peninsula – piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides Florida

Hill – area of raised land that is lower and more rounded than a mountain Hills Acadia National Park Maine Mountain – high, steep, rugged land that rises sharply above the surrounding land. Mount McKinley, Alaska

Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation Plain – broad area of fairly level land that is generally close to sea level Plains Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation Wyoming Plateau – large area of high, flat, or gently rolling land Bateke Plateau Gabon, Africa

Desert – area that has little or no moisture or vegetation Sahara Desert, Africa Coast – land that borders the water Jones Beach

Continent – any of seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface Europe Africa North America Asia Australia South America Antarctica

Isthmus – narrow strip of land joining two large land areas or joining a peninsula to a mainland. Isthmus of Panama Strait – narrow channel that connects two larger bodies of water Strait of Gibraltar

tributary map of Lake Erie Tributary – stream or small river that flows into a larger stream or river or lake tributary map of Lake Erie River – large stream of water that empties into an ocean or lake or another river Hudson and Mohawk Rivers

Bay – part of a body of water that is partly enclosed by land Jamaica Bay Gulf – arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. Gulf of Mexico

Lake – body of fresh water surrounded by land Great Lakes Sea – large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean Black Sea

Ocean – any of the large bodies of salt water on the Earth’s surface. Arctic Atlantic Pacific Indian

Homework (yay!) For homework tonight make a flash card with each term on the front and the definition on the back or if you do not have any flash cards write the term in the margin and the definition next to the term on the regular part of the paper. Due tomorrow!