1. Chapter 1-3 Unit 1

2.  Geography: study of distribution and interaction of physical and human features on earth. - “ geographia”: Greek means to “describe earth” - Q) How do we describe earth?

3.  - this is a way for geographers to describe the earth in a constant way.  - there are 5 categories: 1) Location 2) Place 3) Region 4) Human- environment interaction 5) Movement

4.  Essential question- “Where is it?”

5.  Essential Question-”What is it like there?”

6.  Essential Question- “ How are the places similar and different?”

7.  Essential Question- “How do people relate to the world?”

8.  Essential Question- “How do people, goods and ideas move from place to place?”

9.  We will look at the 5 themes of geography a little more in depth.

10.  Two ways of describing location A) Absolute Location- exact place on earth - Vocabulary Sheet B) Relative Location- describes a place in comparison

11.  -we can determine what a place is like using: A) Natural Resources B) Physical Features (physical features worksheet) C) Climate (climate zone worksheet) Climate- weather conditions over a long period of time

13. Formal regions of the world: - US and Canada - South America - Europe - Russia and the republics - Africa - Southwest Asia - South Asia - East Asia - South East Asia, Oceania, Antarctic

14.  3) Region- cont  Govt  Economics  culture

28. What do the lights represent?

29. Why are there lights in different places?

30. Why do people select to live in a place?

31.  North America  Caribbean & Latin America  Europe, Russia, & Eurasia  East Asia  Southeast Asia, Oceania, & Antarctica  South Asia  Southwest Asia  Sub-Saharan Africa

32. Georgia: 8,186,453

33. United States: 304,795,524

34. World: 6,714,963,513

35. Locust Grove: 2,402 Urban: 2,250 Rural: 152 (non-farm)