Thursday, September 2, 2010

Study Guide ♥

Vocabulary:
  1. Geography - the study of people and environment of places
  2. Spatial - where a place is located and its' physical relationship to other places, people or environment
  3. Environment - the physical surroundings of location
  4. Region: an area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with other area
  5. Place - a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
  6. Location - an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it

Topics:
  1. The 5 Themes of Geography - place, location, movement, regions, and human- environment interaction
  2. The 6 Essential Elements of Geography - the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography. 
  3. Kinds of Maps - Political, Physical, and Thematic
  4.  Family Tree
  5. Jobs in Geography - Land Surveyor, Location Analyst, Urban Planner, Climatologist, Cartographer

Idea:
  1. How to read maps
  2. How to think "outside the box"
  3. What is Geography?
  4. How do people who work in "Geography section" work?
  5. How cultures are different or similar? 


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