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Unit 1:
The World of
Geography
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of our
earth and how we interact with
it. It includes the rivers,
mountains, and the seas, but
also the chopping down of trees
and hot days at the beach.
Unit 1 Essential Questions
1. How does geography effect a nation’s
history?
2. How do environmental conditions
impact modern societies?
3. What does the environment do for us?
How Do We Study Geography?
There are 5 ways to look at the Earth. We call these
the ‘5 Themes of Geography.’ They include:
1.
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3.
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5.
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
The Five Themes of Geography:
1. Location – geographers begin to study a place by
finding where it is, or its location. This is measured by
the latitude and longitude coordinates on a map.
2. Place – geographers study the physical and human
features of a location such as it’s weather, altitude,
language, cultures, etc.
3. Human-Environment Interaction – geographers
study how people affect their environment and how
does the environment affect them as well?
The Five Themes of Geography:
4. Movement – explains how people, goods, and
ideas get from one place to another.
5. Regions – Geographers compare the climate,
land, population, or history of one place to
another. Regions do not have formal boundaries,
but are “areas” of the same “stuff”.