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Geography Geography is the _______________________ Where are things ______________? Why are they __________? Location Location: where a place is… • Cardinal Directions: _______, ________, ________, ________ • Intermediate Directions: lie between cardinal directions; northeast • Name them: Location Latitude (parallels): distance north or south of the Equator Equator = 0° Longitude (meridians): distance east or west of the Prime Meridian Prime Meridian = 0° Location Hemispheres are _____________________ Equator divides Earth into ____________and _______________hemispheres N S Prime Meridian divides the Earth into __________and _______________hemispheres North Pole = 90° N South Pole = 90° S W E Location Longitude Lines + Latitude Lines = Global Grid _____________ ________________ Global Grid Map Alpha-numeric Grid Location Absolute Location: ___________ location • Savannah, Georgia is located at 32° N, 81° W • The White House is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Relative Location: location of a place simply related to another place • Tallahassee is about 400 miles northwest of Miami • To get to the Mini Mart, head ¼ mile west, turn right at the lights… Place Place: An area that is defined by everything in it. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places at a specific location (or spot) • Human (characteristics) Features: Man-made • Physical (characteristics) Features: Nature Human Features Music Beliefs Clothing Religion Food Languages Physical Features Climate Landforms Plants Animals Natural Resources Regions (made up of places) Regions: groups that are defined by certain similar characteristics: • population, history, climate, landforms, etc. Country: common national history City or country: common government School District: common school system Land can be divided into regions that share: Formal features ----Regions in western United States include the Rocky Mountains and Mojave Desert (landforms). -- Regions in Mexico include that specific city’s population (Mexico City’s population is 23,000,000 people and still increasing) Functional features ---newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area Human-Environment Interaction Human-Environment Interaction: explores how people affect their ________________, or natural surroundings and how the ________________ affects them. Cut trails into mountains Learned to survive with little water Human-Environment Interaction Decisions People Make to Adapt to Environment: -We __________ on the environment For example, people depend on the Mississippi River for water and transportation -We _________the environment by heating and cooling buildings for comfort -We ___________to the environment by wearing clothing suitable for summer (shorts) and winter (coats), rain and shine. Movement Movement: explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another What happens in one place affects what happens in another - _____________ Movement Trucks, Trains, Planes, Auto - _______________ (Technology) Movement Phones, computer (email), mail - ___________ Movement How do fads or cultural traditions move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines Push Factors: causes a person to leave a particular area Pull Factors: causes a person to come into a particular area Push Factors Pull Factors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Movement Movement: explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another What happens in one place affects what happens in another - HUMAN Movement Trucks, Trains, Planes, Auto - INFORMATION (Technology) Movement Phones, computer (email), mail - IDEA Movement How do fads or cultural traditions move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines Push Factors: causes a person to leave a particular area Pull Factors: causes a person to come into a particular area Push Factors War Sickness (Epidemic) No Jobs Bad Weather/Climate -Few Natural Resources -Restrictions on Religion -Government Control Pull Factors Job Openings Good Weather/Climate -Lots of Natural Resources -Exploration -Money -Freedom Remembering the 5 themes If you can’t remembering what they If you can’t remembering whatare just just ask MR. HELP!!! they are ask MR. HELP!!! ____ – Movement ____ – Movement ____ – Regions ____ – Regions ____ – Human Environment interaction ____ – Human Environment interaction ____ – Location ____ – Location ____Place ____- Place
