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Class Notes Topic: 5 Themes of Geography (1:1g) Essential Question: What is geography? Name: ______________________________________ Class:_____________________________ Date: ____________________________ Questions/Main Ideas: Notes: geography Cardinal direction latitude The study of Earth The directions north, south, east, west The distance north or south of the equator in degrees The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian A half of the Earth A line of latitude A line of longitude longitude hemisphere parallel meridian What is geography? The study of earth Answers two questions: where are things located and why are they there? Organized into 5 themes What are the 5 themes Location of geography? Regions Place Movement Human-environment interaction What is location? Where something is physically Use cardinal directions and intermediate (nw, ne, sw, se) Equator divides earth into N and S hemispheres- latitudes / parallels measure distances N or S of the equator What is region? What is place? What is movement? What is HumanEnvironment interaction? Prime Meridian divides the earth into E and W hemispheres- longitudes / meridians measure distance E or W of PM Latitude and longitude lines create a grid to id location IE: Savannah, GA= 32 N 81 W= absolute location Grouping places according to a common human/physical feature like Population, history, climate, landforms IE: Rocky Mountain region, Middle East etc. Human and physical features at a specific location including climate, land features, language, occupations, religions etc. IE: Hampshire has hot summers, cold winters, most common language spoken is English, and is largely flat prairie land How people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another IE: European immigrants introduce ethnic foods to America How people affect their environment (natural surroundings) and how their environment affects them IE: cut trails into the Rocky Mountains or learning how to live in an environment with little water Summary: Geography, the study of earth, is organized into the 5 themes of location, regions, place, movement, and human-environment interaction and answers the questions where things are and why they are there. Extension question: How are place and region different?
