1.0 Introduction to Geography

Question 1

GEOGRAPHY

Answer 1

Describes the earth

Question 2

GEOGRAPHER

Answer 2

Someone whose work is geography is called a geographer

Question 3

HISTORIAN

Answer 3

Someone whose work is history is an historian.

Question 4

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GEOGRAPHER AND AN HISTORIAN?

Answer 4

Historians look at events over the course of time.

Geographers view the world by looking at the use of space on earth, and the interactions that took place I these spaces. They look for patterns and connections between people and the land they live on.

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY?

Answer 5

1. Location
2. Place
3. Regions
4. Movement
5. Human Environmental Interaction

You need to be able to describe each of the five themes!

Question 6

1. LOCATION

Answer 6

Where is it?

Question 7

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

Answer 7

Absolute location is the EXACT PLACE where a particular point or object exists.

Question 8

TWO WAYS TO ESTABLISH ABSOLUTE LOCATION?

Answer 8

1. Latitude and Longitude

2. Exact street address

Question 9

RELATIVE LOCATION

Answer 9

Relative location is a description of how a place is related to other places.

Question 10

EXAMPLES OF RELATIVE LOCATION

Answer 10

1. Describing how I get to a certain place

2. Telling someone the quickest route to take to another city

Question 11

2. PLACE

Answer 11

1. What is it like?
2. A place can be described.
3. What makes it unique? Human and physical characteristics-
4. Human characteristics: language spoken, culture, religion, food to name a few.
5. Physical characteristics: landforms and water forms that make up the place.

Question 12

3. REGION

Answer 12

How is one place or area different from another?
A region is a group of places that have at least one common characteristic.
Examples: the USA Northeast; Southern Italy; the Middle East