The World of Geography Please pick up the handout at the front and begin

What is Geography? Anything that can be mapped is geography! Geography “maps” two areas: 1. 1.Physical 2. 2.Human The natural environment – –Geosphere (land) – –Hydrosphere (water) – –Atmosphere (air) – –Biosphere (life) The “built” environment – –Communities – –People – –Culture – –Religion Study of the Earth Physical Geography Human Geography

What is Geography? * Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment*

What is a Geographer? A person who analyzes the Earth from many points of view National Geographic Geographer Early Geographers & Societies John Snow (1854) -English doctor -Mapped the dead -Discovered cholera was passed by water

Physical and Human Geography Find a partner and follow these directions: Draw a Venn diagram Draw a Venn diagram Label the sides “Physical” and “Human” Label the sides “Physical” and “Human” Work together and fill in the Venn using your notes Work together and fill in the Venn using your notes

Why Geography is Important! Please don't be these people Please don't be these people Please don't be these people Please don't be these people

Geographer’s Essential Questions Where are things located? Why are they there? To find these answers, geographers organize information into 5 themes Movement Region Human-Environment Interaction Location Place M.R. HE.L.P. (Movement, Region, Human- Environment Interaction, Location, Place) Two questions guide the study of geography 5 Themes of Geography Acronym

5 Themes of Geography

OwlTeacher.com Location There are two ways to think about location: 1. 1.absolute location – describes the exact position on the Earth relative location – explains where a place is by describing places near it.

LOCATION Where are we? Absolute Location Absolute Location –A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location). –Paris France is 48 o North Latitude and 2 o East Longitude. –The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Relative Location Relative Location –Described by landmarks, time, direction or distance. From one place to another. –Go two blocks south of General Palmer and turn right. You are Here

5 Themes of Geography

Place Human Physical -This includes a location’s physical and human features. -Answers the question: What is it like there? Human features… what do people do? How have they impacted the area? Physical features including climate or vegetation or land

Human Environment interaction Human Environment interaction How do people adjust to and change their environment? How does the environment adjust to and change the people? Geographers also use interaction to study the consequences of people’s actions.

Movement Movement How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place? How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place? –Human/Transportation Trucks, Trains, Planes –Information/Communication Phones, computer ( ), Twitter! Mail How do fads move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines –Goods Products moving around the globe

Reasons to move… Push Push Pull Pull Factors that make people leave and area Factors that make people leave and area Factors that draw people to a given area Factors that draw people to a given area OwlTeacher.com

Region Unifying characteristic, like climate, land, population, or history. On maps –use color and shape or special symbols to show regions.

REGIONS – –Formal Regions Political boundaries – –Countries, States, Counties, Cities Similar characteristics – –Front Range, Rocky Mountains, Chinatown – –Functional Regions Function – –newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area, subway service – –Vernacular Regions Peoples perception – –middle east, the south

5 Themes of Geography