Download Geography Cornell Notes Vocabulary: Excavation 2. Cartography 3

Geography Cornell Notes
Vocabulary:
1. Excavation 2. Cartography 3. Artifact
A. Geography definition: is the study of Earth’s features, such as rivers (a
running body of water) and deserts (a large area of land usually lacking
vegetation and water).
Other features: Oceans, which is a large (or the largest) body of water. Continent:
a large body of land. Lake: a body of water enclosed (surrounded) by land.
Mountains: peaks that extend from the earth towards the sky. Climate: deals
with temperature and weather in a given environment.
Political Geography: Continents being divided into smaller sections called
countries/nation states.
B. Themes (p.12)
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Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interactions
C. Map Making (p.15)
Cartography is the act of map making
1. Projection (earth is a sphere or round, features need to be kept when drawn on a
flat surface).
2. Hemisphere an imaginary is line used to divide Earth into north and south halves.
The imaginary line is called the equator.
3. Latitude imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator.
4. Longitude are imaginary lines that go around the Earth through the north and south
poles.
5. Physical Maps show bodies of water (rivers, lakes), landforms (continents and
countries), hills and mountains.
6. Political Maps might include features such as cities and countries.
7. Technology GPS has greatly enhanced map making.
D. Digging Up the Past(p.25)
Archeology: is the recovery and study physical evidence from the past.
Artifact: is an object made by a human. Tools, pottery, and jewelry are
example of artifacts.
Anthropology: the study of humans and human cultures.
Culture: is a way of life shared by a group of people.
E. Interpreting the past(p.31)
History: is the study of past events.
A Historian: is a person who studies and interprets, or explains the
importance of, the past.
Primary Source: is a document or artifact created during a particular
historical period.
Secondary Source: a work produced about a historical event by someone
who was not actually there.