1. #3 Geographer’s Tools

2. Geography
The study of people, places, and the environment

3. Geographer
Anyone who studies people, places, and the environment
YOU!!

4. Geographer’s Tools
Charts and Graphs
Globes
Maps

5. Charts and Graphs Used to display information
Can quickly compare information

6. Globes Shows Earth’s actual shape Three-dimensional model
Hard to carry around

7. Equator
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

8. Prime Meridian
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere

9. Maps Map Projections Tries to show curved surface on a flat map
Distorts Earth

10. Thematic Maps Focus on one specific idea or theme
Examples include population maps or climate maps

11. General Reference Maps
Political Maps show man made features like names, boundaries, and cities
Physical Maps show natural features like rivers, mountains, and oceans
Cartographer a mapmaker