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World Geography
Chapter 1 Exploring Geography
Section 1 The Study of Geography
Objectives
Key Terms-pg. 3 in spiral
1. geography
2. GIS
3. absolute location
4. hemisphere
5. relative location
6. character of a place
7. perception
8. formal region
9. functional region
10. perceptual region
Outline
A.
Geographic Tools
1. Technology
2. Geographic concepts
B. Geography’s Five Themes
C. Location
1. absolute location
2. relative location
D. Place
1. physical characteristics
2. human characteristics
E. Regions
1. perception
2. formal regions
3. functional regions
4. perceptual regions
F. Movement
G. Human-Environment
Interaction
Section 2 Changes within the Earth
Objective: define the following words
Key Terms-pg. 4 in spiral
1. core
2. mantle
3. crust
4. lithosphere
5. atmosphere
6. hydrosphere
7. biosphere
8. continent
9. relief
10. plate tectonics
11. continental drift theory
12. Ring of Fire
Chapter 1
Section 2 Changes within the Earth
A.
Physical Characteristics
1. The Earth’s Layers
2. Land, Air, and Water
B. Physical Processes
1. Volcanoes
2. Movements in the Crust
C. Understanding the Past
1. Plate Tectonics
2. Continental Drift
3. Seafloor Spreading
4. Plate Movement
5. When Plates Meet
6. Explaining Volcanoes
Section 3 Changes on the Earth’s Surface
Objective
Key Terms-pg. 5 in spiral
1. weathering
2. mechanical weathering
3. chemical weathering
4. acid rain
5. erosion
6. sediment
7. loess
8. glacier
9. moraine
A. Weathering
1. mechanical weathering
2. chemical weathering
3. observing weathering
B. Erosion
1. water
2. wind
3. glaciers
Chapter One Project
Directions: NO
MORE THAN 4 PER GROUP.
Use the following pgs. to draw each
diagram & answer the questions.
Page 43 (1-4) Four kinds of Questions
Page 45 (1?) The Earth’s Layers
Page 47 (2?) Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Page 50 (1?) Major Types of Plate Movement
(Describe ONE of the following:
Subduction, Spreading,
Converging, and Faulting)
Pg. 43
Pg. 45
Pg. 47
Pg. 50
Sample