A Geographer’s World. The World People The Landscapes people create.

A Geographer’s World

Chapter 1

GEOGRAPHY IS THE STUDY OF:

The World

People

The Landscapes people create

Regional

Global

1) LOCATION2) PLACE3) HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT

INTERACTION4) MOVEMENT5) REGIONS

The Five Themes of Geography

Location

Where a place is

Location

ABSOLUTE:

Eastern NCor 36˚N/77˚W

Location

RELATIVE:Northwest of Charlotteor Southeast ofVirginia Beach

PlaceThe features that make a site unique

Human-Environment Interaction

How people interact with their environment

Human-Environment Interaction

Movement

How and why people and things move

Movement

Regions

Geographic Areas that share common characteristics

Regions

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Johannesburg, South Africa

Tokyo, Japan

New York, New York

Hong Kong, China

Jerusalem, Israel

Raleigh, NC

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Taipei, Taiwan

Dubai, UAE

Human Geography

Be able to name and describe the five themes of geography.

What are two ways of describing location?How do location and place differ?What are some ways that humans interact

with their environments?What is a region? Name some examples of

regions.What is physical geography? How does the

physical geography of the place you live affect your lifestyle?

What is human geography?

What you need to know:

A Geographer’s World. The World People The Landscapes people create.

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