Download geo intro 5 themes Dave

The World of Geography
Please pick up the handout at the front and begin
What is Geography?
Study of the
Earth
• Anything that can be mapped is
geography!
• Geography “maps” two areas:
1. Physical
2. Human
• Physical
Geography
• Human
Geography
• The natural environment
–
–
–
–
Geosphere (land)
Hydrosphere (water)
Atmosphere (air)
Biosphere (life)
• The “built” environment
–
–
–
–
Communities
People
Culture
Religion
What is Geography?
*Geography shows the relationship between
people and the environment*
What is a Geographer?
Geographer
Early
Geographers
& Societies
John Snow (1854)
-
English doctor
Mapped the dead
Discovered cholera
was passed by
water
• A person who analyzes the Earth from
many points of view
• National Geographic
Physical and Human Geography
Find a partner and follow these directions:
• Draw a Venn diagram
• Label the sides “Physical” and “Human”
• Work together and fill in the Venn using
your notes
Why Geography is Important!
• Please don't be these people.......
Geographer’s Essential Questions
Two questions
guide the study
of geography
• Where are things located?
• Why are they there?
• To find these answers, geographers
organize information into 5 themes
5 Themes of
Geography
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Acronym
M.R. HE.L.P.
Movement
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Place
(Movement, Region, HumanEnvironment Interaction, Location, Place)
5 Themes of Geography
Location
• There are two ways to think about
location:
1. absolute location – describes the exact
position on the Earth.
2. relative location – explains where a
place is by describing places near it.
OwlTeacher.com
LOCATION
Where are we?
• Absolute
Location
– A latitude and
longitude (global
location) or a street
address (local
location).
– Paris France is 48o
North Latitude and 2o
East Longitude.
– The White House is
located at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
• Relative
Location
– Described by
landmarks, time,
direction or distance.
From one place to
another.
– Go two blocks south
of General Palmer
and turn right.
5 Themes of Geography
Place
Place
- This includes a location’s
physical and human
features.
- Answers the question: What
is it like there?
Human Human features… what do
people do? How have they
impacted the area?
Physical Physical features including
climate or vegetation or land
• Human
Environment
interaction
• How do people adjust to
and change their
environment?
• How does the
environment adjust to
and change the people?
• Geographers also use
interaction to study the
consequences of people’s
actions.
• Movement
• How are people, goods, ideas
moved from place to place?
– Human/Transportation
• Trucks, Trains, Planes
– Information/Communication
• Phones, computer (email), Twitter! Mail
• How do fads move from place to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines
– Goods
• Products moving around the globe
Reasons to move…
OwlTeacher.com
• Push
• Factors that make
• Pull
• Factors that draw
people leave and area
people to a given
area
• Region
• Unifying characteristic,
like climate, land,
population, or history.
• On maps
– use color and shape or
special symbols to show
regions.
REGIONS
– Formal Regions
• Political boundaries
– Countries, States, Counties, Cities
• Similar characteristics
– Front Range, Rocky Mountains,
Chinatown
– Functional Regions
• Function
– newspaper service area, cell phone
coverage area, subway service
– Vernacular Regions
• Peoples perception
– middle east, the south
5 Themes of Geography