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Tool Time Geography is… The Study of the world and its people A Science Study why things are, how they work A Social Science Study of people and their relationships Geography Science Social Science

Tool Time 5 Themes of Geography Location: Describes where something is Absolute: An Exact Description Ex: Street Address, Coordinates Relative: Where one place is in relation to another Ex: Canada is north of the USA Place: Features that Define an Area, Make it unique Land features – Mountains, Rivers, Climate/Weather Man-Made Features – Monuments, Buildings, Streets

Tool Time Human-Environmental Interaction (HEI): How people and the environment effect one another How people affect the environment. How the environment affects people. Movement: How&Why people/ideas/things move Communication – Movement of ideas Transportation – Movement of people, goods

Tool Time Regions: Areas that share common characteristics Ex: USA = Land that share the same Government Ex: East Coast = Land that shares the coast line

Tool Time Latitude, Longitude Latitude Longitude Coordinates Degrees Points East to West Measures the distance North & South of the Equator Longitude Points North to South Measures the distance East & West of the Prime Meridian Coordinates Point where the Lat/Long meet Degrees Distance between lines of lat/long Prime Meridian Equator Latitude Longitude

Tool Time Point to the City Find 2 lines of Latitude Finding Coordinates using Cities (PFEFE) Point to the City Find 2 lines of Latitude Estimate the degrees Find 2 lines of Longitude 40 E 30 E 50 N (45° N, 35° E) 40 N

Tool Time 30 N City 7 City 4 20 N City 6 City 3 City 8 10 N City 5 City 2 City 10 10 S 20 S City 11 City 9 City 1 10 E 20 E 30 E 40 E 50 E 60 E

Tool Time Round Find the intersection Guesstimate Finding Cities using Coordinates(RFG) Round - Round the Lat & Long up to the nearest “0” (10,20,30, etc) Find the intersection - Find Where the rounded lat/long meet Guesstimate - Use the original Lat/Long to find the City

Tool Time (23° S, 58° E) (12° N, 8° E) (5°N, 25° E) 30 N 20 N 10 N City 7 (23° S, 58° E) (12° N, 8° E) (5°N, 25° E) City 4 20 N City 6 City 3 City 8 10 N City 5 City 2 City 10 10 S 20 S City 11 City 9 City 1 10 E 20 E 30 E 40 E 50 E 60 E