1. What is the goal of this class?
To fight against geography illiteracy and cultural misperceptions

2. What is Geography?
Geography is the study of the earth and its features of the distribution of life on earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.

3. The 5 Themes of Geography

4. Location Where something is; its position on earth
Absolute Location: Latitude & Longitude
Denver = 39º N latitude and 104º W longitude
Relative Location: In relation to other places
South
downhill

5. Place What it is like there? Physical Characteristics
Sahara Desert
Human characteristics
New York City

6. Human-Environment Interaction
How humans affect the environment and the environment affects humans

7. Movement
The transportation of not only people resources and products, but also of ideas.

8. Region
Defined by unifying characteristics; political, physical, religious, etc. (things it has in common)
Rocky Mountain Region The Middle East

9. Memorize the 5 themes Lucy please help me read. Location Place
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
Region

10. Write a summary of notes
2-4 sentences per page of notes.
Include main idea of notes.
Details, examples and other key info.
Left page: HW – pages 14 – draw a picture to represent each of the 5 themes.
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