WORLD GEOGRAPHYWEEK 1

OBJECTIVES

• LEARN THE TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY

• HOW WE USE GEOGRAPHY

• HOW WE CAN ORGANIZE OUR WORLD AND THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY

VOCABULARY

GEOGRAPHY

• THE STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF EARTH’S SURFACE.

PERSPECTIVE

• THE WAY A PERSON LOOKS AT SOMETHING

LANDSCAPES

• SCENERY OF PLACES, INCLUDINGPHYSICAL, HUMAN, ANDCULTURAL FEATURES

CARTOGRAPHY

• THE STUDY OF MAPS AND MAPMAKING

METEROLOGY

• THE STUDY OF WEATHER

REGION

• AN AREA WITH ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS

FORMAL REGION

• REGION WITH ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS

FUNCTIONAL REGION

• REGION MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE LINKED AND FUNCTION AS A UNIT

PERCEPTION

• OUR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US

PERCEPTUAL REGIONS

• REGIONS THAT REFLECT HUMAN FEELINGS AND ATTITUDES

GEOGRAPHYLETS START

WITH A QUESTION!

• HOW DO YOU THINK THE LOCATION OF MUSIC CITY MALL WAS SELECTED?

CONSIDERATIONS OF LOCATION AND PLACE ARE PART OF GEOGRAPHY

• NEAR OTHER ENTERTAINMENT AREAS?• NEAR SHOPPING CENTERS?• NEAR MAJOR POPULATION AREAS / CENTRAL LOCATION?• NEAR A MAJOR ROAD/HWY?• OTHER IDEAS?

WHAT GEOGRAPHY IS NOT:

• JUST MEMORIZING LISTS OF COUNTRIES AND STATE CAPITALS

• STUDYING ROCKS

• MAPS AND PICTURES OF FARAWAY PLACES

WHAT GEOGRAPHY IS

• THE STUDY OF EVERYTHING ON EARTH, FROM ROCKS AND RAIN FALL TO PEOPLE AND PLACES.• THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT

INFLUENCES PEOPLE• HOW PEOPLE’S ACTIVITES AFFECT EARTH, AND HOW THE

WORLD IS CHANGING.

TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY* STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION AND

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE

(WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO)

*EXAMINES HOW PEOPLE MAKE AND TRADE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO

SURVIVE

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY*FOCUSES ON EARTH’S NATURAL

ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING LAND FORMS, WATER FEATURES, PLANTS,

ANIMALS, AND OTHER PHYSICAL FEATURES

*STUDIES THE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

*INTERACTION OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

LETS PRACTICE! PLACE WORDS, DRAW PICTURES THAT :RELATE TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RELATE TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYAND RELATES TO BOTH

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYBOTH

PHYSICAL/HUMAN GEOGRAPHY INTERACTION

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4KDZm5AU4

REGION• DEFINED BY THEIR PHYSICAL AND HUMAN FEATURES, INCLUDING: • CLIMATE• RIVER SYSTEMS• SOILS• VEGITATION• LANGUAGES• RELIGIONS• TRADE NETWORKS

REGION

• CAN BE ANY SIZE• EXAMPLES (LARGE REGIONS): COUNTRIES, DESERTS, AND

MOUNTAIN RANGES• EXAMPLES (SMALL REGIONS) : SUBURBS AND

NEIGHBORHOODS• EXAMPLES ( SUBREGIONS): THE GREAT PLAINS (37°N 97°W

NORTH AMERICA Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming)

GEOGRAPHERS DEFINE REGIONS IN THREE WAYS

• FORMAL REGION• FUNCTIONAL REGION• PERCEPTUAL REGION

TYPES OF REGIONS

FORMAL REGIONS

FUNCTIONAL REGIONS

PERCEPTUAL REGIONS

FORMAL REGIONS

• HAS ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS.

• EXAMPLE: SAHEL IN AFRICA ( LIES BETWEEN THE SAHARA (DESERT) AND WETTER AND FORESTED AREAS TO THE SOUTH

• FORMAL REGIONS CAN BE BASED ON ALMOST AND FEATURE/COMBINATION

• MIGHT INCLUDE:POPULATION, INCOME LEVELS, CROPS, TEMPERATURES, OR RAINFALL

• PHYSICAL FEATURES MIGHT DEFINE A FORMAL REGION(ROCKY MOUNTAINS)

• ECONOMIC FEATURES INDUSTRIAL AREAS (RUST BELT NE US)

FUNCTIONAL REGION

• THESE ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER AND FUNCTION AS A UNIT

• FOR EXAMPLE A CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM, IT INCLUDES DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE, TRAINS AND BUSES LINK THOSE PLACES TOGETHER.

• FUNCTIONAL REGIONS ARE ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL POINT, SURROUNDING AREAS ARE LINKED TO THIS POINT. (EXAMPLE : MALL-FUNCTIONAL REGION LINKED TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ALSO CITIES, THEY CONECT TO SUBURBS, AREAS IN THE COUNTRY AND INDUSTRY WHICH ALL FUNCTION TOGETHER

PERCEPTUAL REGIONS

• INVOLVES HUMAN PERCEPTION (OUR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US)

• WAYS OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCES INFLUENCE HOW WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD

• REGIONS THAT REFLECT HUMAN FEELING AND ATTITUDES.

• EXAMPLES: “BACK HOME” (MAY BE HARD TO DEFINE) , U.S. MIDWEST, SOUTHER REGION “DIXIE”.

• PEOPLE PERCEIVE THESE AREAS TO BEDISTICT REGIONS.

• THESE AREAS HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL FEATURES THOUGH PEOPLE PERCIEVE THOSE FEATURES IN DIFFERING WAYS

TYPES OF REGIONSFORMAL REGIONS:

SAHEL, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, RUST BELT

FUNCTIONAL REGIONS:CITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS, SHOPPING MALLS, CITIES

PERCEPTUAL REGIONS:HOME, THE SOUTH