1. 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.

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

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

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

15. 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!