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Unit 1, Part 1 I. What is geography? a. Differences between geography and geology. i. Dirt up – geography ii. Dirt down – geology b. Definition i. The study of the Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, and the relationship between people and their environment. II. Five Themes of Geography a. Location – Where you at? i. Absolute Location 1. Uses latitude and longitude a. Global Positioning System (GPS) 2. Street address is most common use of location. ii. Relative Location 1. Tells about where someone is. 2. Can be as exact as needed. b. Place – What’s there? i. These are things that help describe a location. ii. Can be natural or man-made. c. Human-Environment Interaction – What’s going on? i. This is the study of how people effect their environment and how the environment effects people. d. Movement – Where you going? i. Helps to understand the relationship among places. ii. Helps to understand how and why people move. iii. What people bring with them and how that effects those already there. Unit 1, Part 1 e. Region i. The grouping of locations by some unifying characteristic. ii. Could be physical or man-made. iii. Three Types 1. -Formal Regions a. Regions defined by governmental or administrative boundaries (States, Countries, Cities) b. Regions defined by similar characteristics (Corn Belt, Rocky Mountain region, Chinatown). 2. -Functional Regions a. Regions defined by a function (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area). 3. -Vernacular Regions a. Regions defined by peoples perception (middle east, the south, etc.)