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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)