What Is Geography? Flashcards
What is Geography
Geography is the study of earth, people and their interactions with the natural environment
What is physical Geography
It is the study of natural system and the features of earth
What does Physical Geography includes
Crust&landforms,Harvard’s,ocean,earth atmosphere
What topics does physical geography Includes
Hydrology-study of water
Meteorology-study of weather
Geomorphology - the study of landforms&crust
What is human Geography
It is the study of humans and how they interact with earth’s environment
What does human geography includes?
It involves where people live, activities, and how the use earth resources
What are the topics human geography includes?
Political Geography- it is the study of administrative divisions of a country
Economic Geography- it is the study of how humans use earth resources
Population Geography- it is the study of how the characteristics of human populations
What is Quantitive Geography?
It is the study of maps and measurements to give geographic information
What topic does Quantitive Geography have?
Cartography- making of maps
Statistical Geography-the study of graphs,charts,tables and numerical Data
What Are the 5 themes of Geography? And what does GIS stand for?
Interaction,location,region,Movement,Physical Features.
Geographical Information System