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Guided Notes- Elements of Geography
Video Lecture Notes- Mr Dowing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes geography as “a science that deals with the description, distribution, and
__________________of the diverse physical, biological, and ___________ features of the earth's surface. Simply put, we
will learn about the features of the earth and how living things _________________ and _____________the earth.
Scholars have divided the study of geography into ____ parts called
__________________________________________________________________.
1. The World in _____________ ______________
a. How to use __________ and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, ________, and
report information from a ___________ perspective
b. How to use _________ __________ to organize information about people, places, and ________________ in a
spatial context
c. How to analyze the spatial organization of __________, _____________, and _____________ on the earth's
surface
2. _____________ and ____________
a. The physical and human _______________ of places
b. That people create _______________ to interpret earth's complexity
c. How culture and experience influence people's _____________ of places and regions
3. Physical __________________
a. The physical processes that shape the patterns of ___________ _________________
b. The characteristics and _______________ distribution of _______________ on earth's surface
4. _____________ Systems
a. The characteristics, distribution, and _______________ of human populations on earth's surface
b. The characteristics, ________________, and complexity of earth's cultural _______________
c. The patterns and networks of economic ______________ on earth's surface
d. The processes, _________________, and functions of ____________ settlement
e. How the forces of ______________ and ___________________ among people influence the division and control
of earth's surface
5. Environment and ________________
a. How human actions _________________ the ______________ environment
b. How _____________ systems affect _____________ systems
c. The changes that occur in the ________________, use, distribution, and _____________ of resources
6. The Uses of Geography
a. How to apply geography to interpret the ____________
b. How to apply geography to interpret the ____________ and plan for the ____________
KEALING WORLD CULTURES VIDEO NOTES
1. World in Spatial Terms (Locations)
* Absolute Locations- exact _____________________ on Earth’s _____________, for example
___________________ and ____________________
 Give your own example here
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Relative location- Location of a place ___________________ to (in relation to) ____________________
____________________.
 Give your own example
2. Places and Regions
*Place- area, we use ____________ and ____________ characteristics to describe a place.
* Physical characteristics- _________________________ things (non man-made)
 Give your own example
* Human characteristics- ____________________ created things
 Give your own example here
* Region- area that shares certain ________________, help categorize a _________________
*_________________ region- area that shares physical features
* _________________ region- area that shares political goals and features
*__________________ region- -area that shares economic goals
* __________________ region- areas with shared cultural characteristics
3. Physical System
* The Earth is continuously formed and affected by large ________________ systems.
* There are ____ large physical systems, called “__________________________” that shape/affect the Earth.
*_______________- system involving air and particles surrounding the Earth.
*_______________- system involving the solid crust covering the Earth
* ______________- system involving all water on or near Earth.
*______________- system involving all living organisms on Earth and how they interact.
4. ___________________ Systems
*How humans and culture inhabit a place, ______________ and _______________ with other cultures.
*Settlement _______________- how people are ___________________, population, etc.
*Movement- shifting of human __________________ and ______________ from place to place.
*_______________ movement- immigration, emigrations, migration
*_______________ of goods- trade
* Movement of ________________- fads, technology, cultural ideas.
*Cooperation and ___________________- how different ______________ of ______________ get along.
5. ________________________ and Society
* How people _________________ with their environment
*Includes how people:
*_______________ on their environments- humans require something to survive
*_______________ to their environment- humans change their behavior to ___________ to certain
environments.
*______________ their environment- humans change their environment to suit their needs.
6. Uses of Geography
*Studying geography helps is __________________ the past, and ____________ and ______________for the
future.
*Geographers use the 5 previous elements as well as ____________ and _________________ to help them.
* Common geographic tools
*Maps
*________________- Geographic Information Systems- a computer software program that helps
geographers create maps and analyze geographical data.