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GEOGRAPHY
How can we describe our world?
THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
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Location: where places are located on the
earth’s surface.
Place: Physical and human characteristics of
places.
Relationships: interaction of people and
environment
Movement: movement and interaction of
people.
Regions: areas with similar characteristics.
WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
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Geography is the study of the earth’s
surface. It looks at the following:
Physical features: naturally occurringmountains, rivers, etc.
Cultural features: created by peopletowns, roads, etc.
Environment: everything that surrounds
us.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
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Absolute Location: The EXACT spot on the
earth’s surface where a place is found.
Relative Location: refers to where something is
located in relation to something else.
Cardinal Directions: North, South, East, and
West
Intermediate Directions: Northeast, Northwest,
Southeast, Southwest.
LATITUDE
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Lines that measure direction north and south
from the equator.
Equator: imaginary line that circles the world at
its widest part. It creates the north and south
hemispheres.
Axis: imaginary line around which the earth
rotates.
Hemispheres: any half of the earth
Parallels: a name for the lines of latitude.
LONGITUDE
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Measures location east and west.
Meridians: A name for the lines of longitude.
Prime meridian: the beginning point for where
longitude is measured.
International dateline: The beginning point for
counting time.
Time zones: there are six in the U.S. and 24 in
the world.
Georgia is in the Eastern Standard time zone.
MAPS
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Physical Relief Map
Political Map
Highway Map
Thematic (Data) Map
PARTS OF A MAP
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Grid
Scale
Legend/Key
Direction
Regions
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Geographic regions: identification based
on physical or cultural features.
Examples: Hemispheres, time zones,
continents, south, west, east Midwest,
deep south, sunbelt, etc.
POLITICAL REGIONS
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An area of land with boundaries and a
government( country, state, county, city,
school districts).
POPULATION REGIONS
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Population density: how many people per square
mile.
Urban: more than 2,500 population
Rural: less than 2,500 people
Suburban: heavily populated area around a city.
Metropolitan statistical area: a large city and the
large populated area around it---several counties
perhaps.
QUESTIONS
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is the study of the earth called?
direction does latitude measure?
are the lines of longitude called?
hemispheres is Georgia part of?
are the cardinal directions?
time zone is Georgia in?
type of map shows us boundaries?
is the populated area around a city called?
are parallels?
is the starting point for counting time?