1. Types of Geography

2. Social Geography Branch of human geography
Closely related to sociology
Human behavior
Social groups
Society
Questions
Why do people behave the way they do?
Why are their social situations the way they are?

3. Economic Geography Economic Activities across the world
Study of the location
Distribution
Spatial organization

4. Historical Geography
Geographies of the past and how a place or region changes through time
How people have interacted with their environment, and created the cultural landscape

5. Assignment Find two examples of each type of geography using current events
Description of Current Issue
Explanation of WHY it this type of geography
Photo/diagram
Physical
Social
Historical
Economic

6. Physical Geography
Study of processes and patterns in the natural environment
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere

7. Glossary of Terms In your notebook, start a glossary of terms Place
Scale
Coordinates-numbers from longitude and latitude used to find a place on a map

8. Region
Equator-an imaginary line of latitude that divides the northern and southern hemispheres
Latitude
Longitude
topographic map
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