Ch 1 A Geographers World Flashcards
Perspective
- The way you look at the world
- This shapes your point of view
Spatial perspective
- A geographers point of view that looks at where something is and why it is there
- Geographers work to understand how things are connected in the world
Urban
Cities
Rural
Open land used for farming
Local geography
Towns, parks, stores, people
Regional geography
- studies North Dakota, Midwest, or USA
Some global issues
War, trade, pollution
Five Important Themes
Location, place, human, movement, and region
Location
Exact or relative spot on Earth
Place
Physical and human features of a location
Human
The way people and the environment react
Movement
How people move and how goods are traded
Region
Organizes earth into areas that share characteristics
Absolute location
Defines the exact spot on earth something is
Relative location
Describes the position of a place in relation to another place
Subregions
Regions that are broke down smaller to study more closely
Diffusion
The movement of ideas or behaviors from one region to another
Human geography
The study of people in the past or present
Physical geography
The study of earth’s natural landscape and physical systems including the atmosphere
Examples: mountains and rivers
Geographers jobs
Cartographer, meteorologists, climatologists
Cartography
The art and science of map making
Meteorology
The field of forecasting and reporting rainfall, temperature, and other atmospheric conditions
Geography
Describes the physical and cultural features on Earth
Global geography
Studying things world wide
Political geography
The study of the government
