1. Six Essential Elements of Geography
What are the six essential elements of Geography?

2. the Six essential elements
Six Essential Elements of Geography
The World In Spacial Terms
Places and Regions
Physical Systems
Human Systems
Environment and Society
Uses of Geography

3. The World in spatial terms
Viewing the world in terms of location in relationship to other areas, size, shape, distance, relative location, absolute location

4. Places and regions What is special about this place?
What makes this place different from other places?
How is this place like other places near or around it?

5. Physical systems
What physical processes shape the features and patterns of the place?
What is the climate of the place?
What physical features make up the place?

6. Human Systems How are goods produced?
How are they transported to and from this place?
What is the influence of ideas from other places on this place?

7. Environment and society
How have the people affected the natural environment?
How does the environment affect the people?
What are some examples of humans adapting to the environment?
Why is the subject of environmental protection debatable in American society?

8. Uses of geography
How do physical and human features influence historical, current, or future events?
Examples:
Three Mile Island New York
Chernobyl (Prypiat, Ukraine)
Future influences?
Better or worse?
How to improve human life?
Sustainability?
Government?

9. Atlanta

10. Basic Map of Atlanta

11. Detroit

12. RegionS Latin America Far East
Spanish or Portuguese speaking countries located in Central or South America
Typified by location but different cultures with vastly different languages.
Mistakenly identified as a cultural region.

13. Environment and society