Terms To Know  Physical Geography  Human Geography  Meteorology  Cartography  Geographic Information Systems

Types of Geography  Physical Geography- The study of the Earth’s physical feature.  Human Geography- also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments.

Difference between physical and cultural geography?  What type of questions would you ask a physical geographer?  What types of questions would you ask a cultural geographer?

Meteorology  The study of weather and weather forecasting.

Cartography  The science of mapmaking.

Geographic Information Systems  Computer tools for processing and organizing details and satellite images with other pieces of information.

 Name a job in which it would be helpful to understand geography. Explain.

Quick Overview  What is cartography?  What is Geographic information systems?  What is meteorology?  What is the difference between cultural and physical geography?