 Location  Place  Regions  Physical Systems  Human Systems  Human/Environment Interactions

 Location is knowing where something is.  Location helps you know the world Front St. HWY 7

 Place describes what a place is like › Ex. Climate, Language, Animal Life  Region unites a place by one or more characteristics › Regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Middle West, Southwest, West

 Physical systems shape the earth’s surface › Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Glaciers.  Look at Communities of plants and animals, what they depend on to survive

 How people have shaped the world  Why people settled where they did and not other places  Movement of people, ideas, and goods

 Human/Environment Interactions shows how people and the environment they live in effect the way they live.  Ex. East Arkansas the delta land has farmers because of the land  Ex. Maine has many careers in sea fish

 Helps the understanding of the relationship between people, places, & environment.  Knowledge and understanding of geography prepares you for life in our modern society.