Chapter 1 Section 1: Exploring Geography

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

is the study of the earth’s physical features and the living things humans, animals, and plants that inhabit the planet.

Geography looks at where all of these elements are located and how they relate to one another.

Question 2

we use geography in?

Answer 2

★ In Government - for mapmaking and planing
★ In Business - for marketing and development
★ In school - for education
★ Everyday - To find our way in town or on trips, when we watch the news and weather, when we read about other countries, when we make decisions about locations for events or businesses

Question 3

The world in Spatial Terms (location):

Answer 3

The links that places and people have to one another because of their locations

Question 4

Absolute location :

Answer 4

The exact spot at which the place is found on the globe

Question 5

Relative location:

Answer 5

a place based on its location with respect to other locations

Question 6

Place:

Answer 6

A particular space with physical and human meaning

Question 7

Region:

Answer 7

An area larger than a single city that contains unifying cultural and/or physical characteristics

Question 8

3 types of regions:

Answer 8

★ Formal Region
★ Functional Region
★ Perceptual Region

Question 9

Formal Region:

Answer 9

Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area (countries, states and cities)

Question 10

Functional Region:

Answer 10

A central place and the surrounding places

affected by it (Los Angeles)

Question 11

Perceptual Region:

Answer 11

Area defined by people’s feelings and attitudes

New York City

Question 12

Physical Systems: (ecosystems)

What do geographers do in their work?

Answer 12

★ Analyze how certain natural phenomena (volcanoes) shape the earth’s surface

★ Look how physical features interact with plant and animal life to create, support or change ecosystems

Question 13

An ecosystem:

Answer 13

A community of plants and animals that depend on each other and their surroundings

Question 14

Human Systems:

What do geographers do in their work?

Answer 14

★ Examine how people shape the world, 
settle the earth, 
form societies 
create permanent features. 
The movement of people, 
goods and ideas (migration)

★ Look at how people cooperate
to change or
control aspects of the earth to meet their needs

Question 15

Environment and society:

Answer 15

★ Human-environment interaction or the study of the interrelationship between people and their physical environment

What do geographers do?

★ Examine the ways people use their environment

★How and why they have changed it

★What consequences result from changes
Human activities such as building wall/blockage cause changes in the physical environment

Question 16

What do geographers use to determine the absolute location?

Answer 16

A network of imaginary lines around the earth

Question 17

The Uses of Geography

Answer 17

Governments, businesses, and individuals use geographic information in planning and decision making

Geographic information: Helps determine where to locate fire stations and shopping malls.

Question 18

What happens when geographers learn more about the relationships among people, places, and the environment?

Answer 18

Their knowledge can help us plan and build a better future