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Geography

Geography – is the study of earth in all its variety. –Two Types Physical - Land, Water, Plants and Animals. Human – The study of people. What?

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

MR HELP M- Movement R- Region HE- Human/Environment L- Location P- Place

MOVEMENT What is movement? Well since places are not secluded, People, Goods, and Ideas will move between two places. Examples:

Roads

Airports

Rivers

Railroad

Region

There are three basic types of regions. Formal regions are those defined by governmental or administrative boundaries (i. e., United States, Birmingham, Brazil). These regional boundaries are not open to dispute, therefore physical regions fall under this category (i. e., The Rockies, the Great Lakes States). Functional regions are those defined by a function (i. e., TVA, United Airlines Service area or a newspaper service area). If the function ceases to exists, the region no longer exists. Vernacular regions are those loosely defined by people's perception (i. e., The South, The Middle East).

FORMALFORMAL

Rockies

Amazon River Basin

Middle East

Region Cont. 2. Functional Region- is defined by its internal organization, which usually centers on some focal point. –Ex. City A school in an educational district A shopping center in a large market area Large company

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Human/Environment What is Human Environment Interaction? Well it asks certain questions. 1. How do people use their environment? 2. How have they changed the environment? 3. What are the consequences of the changes they have made? 4. How have they adapted to changes in their environment.

Human/Environment Make it simple! It is how humans interact with the environment Examples

Location There are two types of location: –Absolute –Relative –These will be discussed in a further lecture

A Place is a description of what it is like, rather than the location. There are two ways the geographers describe a place. Physical and Human Characteristics Place

Physical Place include things that occur naturally, such as mountains, rivers, type of soil, wildlife, climate.

Physical

Human Characteristics are things that have changed due to people, such as roads and buildings, how people live and their traditions

Human

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