Download Chapter 1 – A Geographer`s World Study Guide 1. What are some

Chapter
1
–
A
Geographer’s
World
Study
Guide
1.
What
are
some
examples
of
questions
a
scientific
geographer
might
ask?
(pg
5)
What
causes
mountains
to
form?
What
creates
tornadoes
2.
True
or
False
–
everything
geographers
study
can
be
measured
in
numbers.
(pg
5)
3.
A
social
science
is
a
field
that
studies
people
and
the
relationships
among
them.
(pg
5)
4.
Why
is
geography
considered
a
social
science?
(pg
5)
Because
it
deals
with
people
and
how
they
live.
5.
How
do
geographers
who
study
social
science
collect
their
data?
(pg
5)
They
visit
places
and
talk
to
people
to
learn
about
their
lives
and
communities
6.
Why
do
geographers
divide
the
world
into
regions?
(pg
6)
Dividing
it
into
regions
makes
it
easier
to
study
and
so
they
can
compare
what
they
learn
about
regions.
7.
The
Rocky
Mountains
are
a
region
defined
by
physical
characteristics.
(pg
6)
8.
What
are
some
questions
a
geographer
might
ask
if
they
were
studying
at
a
local
level?
(pg
6)
How
do
people
in
a
town
or
community
live?
What
is
the
local
government
like?
How
do
the
people
who
live
there
get
around?
What
do
they
eat?
9.
Geographers
look
at
the
world
on
three
different
levels:
local,
regional,
and
global
levels.
(pg
6‐7)
10.
Regions
come
in
all
shapes
and
sizes.
Give
examples
of
some
of
these
different
sizes
of
regions.
(pg
7)
Neighborhoods
like
Chinatown
in
San
Francisco,
Scandinavia,
the
Americas
11.
If
you
wanted
to
see
the
world
as
it
is
really
like
(not
distorted),
would
you
look
at
a
map
or
a
globe?
(8)
A
globe
12.
What
type
of
tools
do
geographers
use?
(pg
9)
Computer
programs
–
to
create,
update,
and
compare
maps
Measuring
devices
–
to
record
data
such
as
height
and
depth
Notebook
and
tape
record
–
use
to
make
notes
while
talking
to
people
13.
List
the
5
themes
of
geography
and
give
a
brief
definition
(description)
of
each?
(use
5
themes
notes)
Location
–
where
is
it
at?
Place
–
what
is
it
like
when
you
get
there?
Human
Environment
interaction
–
what
do
people
do
for
the
environment?
What
does
the
environment
do
for
the
people?
Movement
–
people
and
ideas
get
around
Region
–
what
do
locations
have
in
common?
14.
What
“type
of
location”
is
your
street
address?
(use
5
themes
notes)
absolute
location
15.
Which
theme
of
geography
describes
features
that
make
a
site
unique?
(use
5
themes
notes)
Place
16.
A
geographer
who
studies
roads
and
routes
is
dealing
with
the
theme
of
movement.
(pg
12
or
use
5
themes
notes)
17.
What
are
the
2
main
branches
of
geography?
(pg
16)
Physical
&
human
18.
What
type
of
geographer
would
study
economics
and
politics?
Support
your
answer
(why?).
(pg
18)
A
human
geographer
because
they
study
things
that
have
to
do
with
people.
19.
Questions
about
why
rivers
flow
in
a
certain
direction
are
part
of
physical
geography.
(pg
17)
20.
A
physical
geographer
might
conduct
a
survey
on
the
types
of
fish
in
Fort
Loudoun
Lake.
(pg
17)
21.
A
human
geographer
might
conduct
research
on
what
crops
people
are
growing
in
Tennessee.
(pg
18)
22.
What
is
economic
geography?
What
branch
is
it
–
physical
or
human?
(pg
19)
the
study
of
how
people
make
and
spend
money
–
branch
of
human
geography
23.
What
is
urban
geography?
What
branch
is
it
–
physical
or
human?
(pg
19)
the
study
of
cities
and
how
people
live
in
them
–
branch
of
human
geography
24.
What
specialized
field
of
geography
would
study
the
world’s
river
system
and
rainfall
patterns?
(pg
20)
hydrology
25.
Meteorology
is
the
study
of
weather
and
what
causes
it.
(pg
20)