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GEOGRAPHY Flashcards

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The study of the diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface
and their interactions. It seeks to answer the questions of why things are as they are, where they are.

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GEOGRAPHY

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MEANING OF GEO

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EARTH

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MEANING OF GRAPHIE

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TO DESCRIBE

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5 GEOGRAPHICAL THEMES

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  • LOCATION
  • PLACE
  • RELATIONSHIPS
  • MOVEMENT
  • REGION
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5
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Where something can be found on the Earth.

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LOCATION

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2 TYPES OF LOCATION

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ABSOLUTE & RELATIVE

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Shows the exact point on the Earth’s surface where something is located.

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ABSOLUTE LOCATION

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Explains where something is in relation to another.

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RELATIVE LOCATION

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This theme considers the characteristics that make one place different from all places on Earth. It describes what a location looks like.

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PLACE

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2 CHARACTERISTICS TO DESCRIBE A PLACE

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PHYSICAL & HUMAN

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Include anything that is native made from geological, hydrological, atmospheric and biological process.

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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC

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Include anything that is human made. It comes from human ideas and actions.

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HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC

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How people interact with the environment.

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HUMAN/ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION

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PEOPLE INTERACT IN 3 WAYS

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  • MODIFY
  • ADAPT
  • DEPEND
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How people, goods and ideas move between places.

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MOVEMENT

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3 SPATIAL INTERACTION OF MOVEMENT

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  • GOODS
  • PEOPLE
  • IDEAS
17
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2 TYPES OF REGION

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PHYSICAL & POLITICAL

18
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a main branch in geography and it mainly covers studies of the human race. This normally involves their backgrounds, how they interact and the perceptions that they have for various ideologies affecting them.

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

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this branch normally study the manner in which products are produced and consequently distributed in their markets. In addition, they also study wealth distribution.

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ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

20
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Deeper than the study of the patterns of a group of people with regards to birth, marriage & death as is the case with demography.

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POPULATION GEOGRAPHY

21
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In this branch, geographers study the patterns in which diseases spread. This means that pandemics and epidemics are included here along with common illnesses and general issues on health care even mortality.

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MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY

22
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This is the branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment.

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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