GOEGRAPHY WHAT IS IT? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW DOES IT HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WORLD?

GEOGRAPHY UNDERSTANDING WHERE PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS ARE LOCATED AND HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER.

PANGAEA 225 MILLION YEARS AGO – PANGAEA “WHOLE EARTH” Plate Tectonics Diastrophism – movement and deformation of crusted plates

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY EACH THEME IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE

LOCATION RELATIVE V EXACT LATITUDE:north and south of Equator LONGITUDE:east and west of Prime Meridian Maps:Robinson, Peters, Mercator, Interupted

PLACE Physical: climate, landforms, soil Human: language, religion, way of life Physical and human characteristics

INTERACTION How people and the environment interact How do people change the environment? Eg clear forests, build roads, plow HIDDEN COSTS? CHANGE ENVIRONMENT OR ADAPT?

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REGION Area with unifying characteristics Examples? Unify by pyhsical characterisics, political, economic, culture etc.

MOVEMENT PEOPLE, GOODS, IDEAS – ALL MOVE MIGRATION TRADE: Import and Export RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY INTERDEPENDENCE

HAVERFORD USE THE 5 THEMES TO DESCRIBE HAVERFORD LOCATION PLACE INTERACTION MOVEMENT REGION