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1.1 The Five Themes of
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Geography
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Vocabulary
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Geography
Latitude
Parallel
Degree
Equator
Longitude
7. Meridian
8. Prime Meridian
9. Plain
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Questions to Explore
1. What is geography?
2. How can the five themes of geography
help you understand the world?
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Journal Entry
What do you think the subject of
geography covers? Create a
definition in your own words,
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Geography is the study of the Earth
Location
• Absolute location– describes a place’s
exact position on the Earth or
geographic address
• Relative location —the location of a
place as described by places near it.
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Latitude—east-wet circles around the
globe—also called parallels.
Longitude—circle the globe from north to
south—also called meridians.
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Location
• Equator--An imaginary line that circles
the globe at its widest point (halfway
between the North and South poles),
dividing Earth into two halves called
hemispheres; used as a reference point
from which north and south latitudes
are measured.
• Prime Meridian—runs through
Greenwich, England, is 0 degrees
longitude.
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Place—a location’s physical and
human features.
• Climate is hot or cold
• The land is hilly
• How many people live there?
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Human-Environment Interaction
• Stresses how people affect their
environment
• The physical characteristics of their
surroundings, and how their
environment affects them
• Used to discuss the consequences of
people’s actions.
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Movement—helps geographers
understand the relationship among
places.
helps explain how people, goods, and
ideas get from one place to another.
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Regions help to make comparisons.
A region has a unifying characteristic
such as climate, land, population or
history.
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Make sure that you have completed
the vocabulary.
Make sure that you have completed
the journal entry.
Make sure that you have completed
the questions to Explore.
Complete 1.1 Review on p. 13
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Complete The Geographer’s Tools
worksheet.
Homework:
1. Draw a map of your neighborhood
using absolute location.
2. Give directions to your house from
school using relative location
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Longitude: circle the globe from
north to south
Meridian: longitudinal circles that
run through the north and south
poles.
Prime Meridian: 0 degrees of
longitude. Maximum is 180
degrees
Plain—region of flat land
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absolute location—a place’s exact
location on earth (longitude and
latitude)
Relative location—where a place
is by describing places near it.
Plain--a large area of flat or
gently rolling land usually
without many trees
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United Streaming:
• Exploring the World's Geography
• Geography Basics: Globes, Maps, and
Graphs