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Basics of Geography Chapter 1 Section 1: Exploring Geography The word Geography comes from the Greek word _______________which means “to describe the earth.” ___________________ is the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth. The Five Themes 1. Location - Answers the question “Where is it?” ______________________is the exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as a city, is located. ________________ describes a place in comparison to other places around it. 2. ___________ - Answers the question “What is it like?” Place includes physical features (climate, landforms, & vegetation) and human features (dams, highways, or houses). 3. ___________ - Answers the question “How are places similar or different?” A region is an area of the earth’s surface with similar characteristics. Regions usually have more than one characteristic that unifies them. 4. ____________ - Answers the questions “How do people, ideas, and products move from one location to another?” 5. ________________________________________ looks at the different ways people use, alter, and respond to aspects of their environment. Chapter 1 Section 2: The Geographers Craft The Two Branches of Geography _________________ focuses on the study of Earth’s physical features. __________________, or cultural geography, studies human activities and their relationship to the environment Geographers at Work The first step in making a map is to complete a field survey. Surveyors observe, measure, and record what they see in a specific area. ___________________(map makers) then use this information and computers to construct maps. Among the satellites that geographers use to provide geographic data, the best known are ____________ and GOES (Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite, a weather satellite) Another tool of geographers, the ______________ __System (GPS), was developed to help military forces know exactly where they are on the earth’s surface. The geographer’s newest tool is the __________________________System (GIS). This system uses digital map information to create a databank.