1. A Geographers Best Friend

2.  Geography is the study of the distribution
and interaction of physical and human
features on the earth.

3.  Geography involves the study of places:
their locations, their characteristics, and
how humans use and move around them.

4.  Geographers
view the world in
terms of space.
 They use the 5
Themes of
Geography to
study the world.

5.  Historians look at events over time.
 Geographers look at:
- use of space on Earth
- interactions that take place
there
- patterns and connections
between people and land

6.  Geographers use a variety of tools to
study the earth, including:
- maps
- photographs
- charts, graphs, tables
- scale models
- five themes of geography

7.  Geographers study the world by
looking at location, place,
region, movement, and human-
environment interaction.

8.  Discuss the question, “How do
People, Goods, and Ideas get
from one place to another?”
 Geographers study 3 types of
movement:
-Linear Distance
-Time Distance
-Psychological Distance

9.  Refers to how far a person, idea, or product
travels.
 Measured in inches, feet, miles, etc.
 Jacksonville to Beverly Hills is 2,502 miles!

10.  Amount of time it
takes a for a person,
idea, or product to
travel.
 Measured in seconds,
minutes, hours, etc.
 It takes 14 hrs. and 45
minutes from NYC to
JAX.

11.  Refers to the
way people
view travel.
 The more
familiar we are
w/ an area, the
distance seems
to shrink.

13.  Discusses question, “How are places similar
or different?”
 Geographers create regions to make
comparisons
 A region is an area of the earth’s surface
with similar characteristics.
 Characteristics include: physical, political,
economic, or cultural things.
 3 types of regions: formal, functional, and
perceptual.

14.  Defined by a limited # of related
characteristics.
 Regions we will study this year:
-The U.S. and Canada
-Europe
-Asia
-Africa
-Latin America
What do these regions have in common?

15.  Organized around a
set of interactions
and connections
between places.
 Usually characterized
by a hub, or central
place, the various
things that link to the
hub.

16.  Regions in which
people see the
region the same
way.
 People can
always have
differences in
their perceptual
regions.

17.  Discusses question, “How do people
relate to the physical world?”
 Geographers study this to understand
the relationships between humans and
the environment in which they live.
 People:
-Change the environment to meet
their needs and,
-Learn to live with aspects of the
environment they cannot control.
Can you think of any examples of these?

20.  Discusses the question, “What is
it like?”
 Contains physical, cultural, and
human interaction characteristics
of a location including: climate,
landforms, vegetation, buildings,
roads, housing, etc.

23.  Discusses the question, “Where
is it?”
 Absolute location is the exact
place on earth where a
geographic feature is found.
 Relative location describes a
place in comparison to the
places around it.

24.  The earth is divided into 2 equal halves
called hemispheres.
 There are 4 hemispheres: North, South,
East, and West.
 The equator divides the north and south
hemispheres.
 The prime meridian divides the east and
west hemispheres.
 The prime meridian runs through
Greenwich, England.

27.  Latitude is used to locate things
north and south.
 Latitude lines run parallel to the
equator and are called parallels.
 The equator is 0 degrees
latitude.
 Lines north of the equator are
north latitude and lines south of
the equator are south latitude.

28.  Longitude lines run through the north and
south poles and are called meridians.
 They mark positions east and west of the
prime meridian.
 The prime meridian is 0 degrees
longitude.
 To find the absolute location of a place,
you must find where the latitude and
longitude lines intersect.