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Themes of Geography Australia •Pacific Ocean •Coral Sea •Along Australia’s East Coast Location Where is it? 2 Types of Location •Absolute •Relative Absolute Location •Refers to an exact location using an address •Refers to an exact location using latitude and longitude Example of Absolute Location - Address Macquarie St Sydney New South Wales 2000, Australia (02) 9250 7777 Example of Absolute Location Latitude and Longitude Latitude - 33°51'25S Longitude - 151°12'55E Where is it? Sydney Opera House Relative Location Refers to the position of a place in relation to other places Examples of Relative Location • Located in Sydney • Located across the bay from the Sydney Opera House Where is it? • Mrs. Macquaire's Chair • The historic chair was carved out of a rock ledge for Governor Lachlan Macquarie's wife, Elizabeth, to veiw harbor What type of Location? Absolute or Relative? Ayers Rock (Uluru) Located in the Northern Territory of Australia 12° 41' South : 132° 55' East Kakadu National Park •Pacific Ocean •Coral Sea •Along Australia’s East Coast Place What is the place like? Characteristics of Place •Natural (Physical) •Human How would you describe Australia? Physical Characteristics •Mountains •Climate •Animals •Plants Blue Mountains – New South Wales Tasmanian Devil The Outback – Northern Territory The Rainforest - Queensland Desert– Northern Territory (Alice Springs) Landform - Ayers Rock Human Characteristics • People • Language • Buildings • Jobs • Clothing Australia - Religion • Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) • Nation Master Australia - Language • No official language • Most speak English Road Signs; Highways Cities - Sydney Culture Clothes Physical or Human Characteristics? Street Signs; Highways Mountains – Blue Mountains Religion Flinders Road Baptist Church – Adelaide, South Australia Great Victorian Desert Lake Eyre Koala Darling River The Bush – Northern Territory Rainforest - Queensland Large Skyscrapers Sydney Baron Falls - Queensland Movement How people and places are linked together Types of Movement •Transportation •Communication Transportation The movement of people and goods Communication The movement of ideas and information Examples of the Movement of People Examples Movement of Goods Movement of people, ideas, goods? Bedouins migrate deeper into the desert in winter when there is some precipitation; in the summer many live in the city Tarahumara Indians of the Sierra Madre Mountains move down the mountains in the winter months Tarahumara Indians Examples of the Movement of Ideas Islam began in Saudi Arabia and has spread to all parts of the world Interaction How people use, adapt to, or change their environment When we Interact with our environment, we … •Adapt to the environment •Change the environment Examples of Adapting to the Environment • Seasons are opposite of America’s season • December – Summer • June - Winter Early Aborigines would burn the dry grass so new grass to attract animals for hunting Gathering Turtle Eggs Eating Water Lilies Examples of Changing the Environment Irrigation Early people had to irrigate from rivers to farm dry land People of the Netherlands built dikes to create farmland Farmers use the slash and burn method of farming Interaction with the environment sometimes harms our environment • Pollution • Wastes • Oil spills • Many more Adapting or Changing? During the warm seasons the Iraqi people wear light colored, thin clothing; during the winter season – heavier clothing People of the Great Plains in U.S. built sod houses (not enough wood) Bedouin homes are tents because they are nomadic People of Iraq must irrigate the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to farm dry land Regions To make the study of the world easier, geographers divide it into regions. Regions may be based on: •Physical features •Human features •Economic features •Political features Physical features: Desert Region The Sahara Desert Human Features Iraq is in a Muslim Region Economic Features Corn Belt Region Political Features Location Place Interaction Movement Regions
