1. Trimester 2: World Geography
DECEMBER 10, 2012

2. Today’s Agenda
 Overview of trimester
 Discussion of journal, folder, & daily participation grade
 Journaling
 Lecture
 Geography Quest
 Extra Time: BBC video on Mexico

3. Trimester 2 Overview
READING THE HANDOUT TOGETHER

4. Other Items
 Journal
 Folder
 Daily Participation Grade

5. Journal Entry #1
 In one paragraph, describe your strengths and
weaknesses in social studies class. What are some
things you are really good at? Any particular topics
or skills? What are some things you really struggle
with?

6. The World of Geography
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7. What is Geography?
*It is the study of our earth; our
home.
OR
*Anything that can be mapped!
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8. What is Geography? Part 2
*Geography mixes up the physical
and human aspects of our world
into one field of study.
*Geography shows the
relationship between people and
the environment.
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9. What is a geographer?
• Someone who
analyzes the
Earth from many
points of view.
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10. The Five Themes of Geography
• When geographers work, they are
guided by two basic questions:
1) Where are things located?
2) Why are they there?
To find these answers, geographers use
five themes to organize information
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11. Things that geographers study:
• oceans
• plant life
• landforms
• people
• how the Earth and its people affect each
other
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12. The Five Themes:
1) Location – Geographers begin to study a place
by finding where it is, or its location.
2) Place – Geographers study the physical and
human features of a location.
3) Human-Environment Interaction –
Geographers study how people affect or shape
physical characteristics of their natural
surroundings and how does their surroundings
(environment) affect them?
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13. 4) Movement – Helps explain how people,
goods, and ideas get from one place to
another.
5) Regions – Geographers compare the
climate, land, population, or history of
one place to another.
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