1. CHAPTER 1 Studying Geography Section 1: Themes and Essential Elements
Section 2: Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools

2. Objectives: Essential Elements Section 1 Themes and
What are the two main branches of geography?
How do we use geography?
What are some ways we can organize our world and the study of geography?

3. Two main branches of geography:
Section 1 Themes and
Essential Elements
Two main branches of geography:
human geography—distribution and characteristics of the world’s people
physical geography—Earth’s natural environments

4. How we use geography: Essential Elements Section 1 Themes and
in government—for mapmaking and planning
in business—for marketing and development
in schools—for education

5. Organizing the study of geography:
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Essential Elements
Organizing the world:
By regions: formal, functional, perceptual
Organizing the study of geography:
By five themes—location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region
By six essential elements
1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. The Uses of Geography
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6. Objectives: the Geographer’s Tools Section 2 Skill Building: Using
How do geographers and mapmakers organize our world?
What kinds of special maps do geographers use?
How do geographers use climate graphs and population pyramids?

7. How geographers and mapmakers organize the world:
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the Geographer’s Tools
How geographers and mapmakers organize the world:
by drawing lines on the globe
by identifying hemispheres, continents, and bodies of water
by making and using maps

8. Special-purpose maps the Geographer’s Tools
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the Geographer’s Tools
Special-purpose maps
climate and precipitation maps
population and economic maps
elevation profiles and topographic maps

9. Climate graphs Population pyramids the Geographer’s Tools
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Climate graphs
Climate graphs show average temperatures and precipitation in a place.
Population pyramids
Population pyramids show the percentage of males and females by age group in a country’s population, and help chart population trends.
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