1. Basics of Geography
Unit 1

2. The 5 Themes of Geography

3. What is Geography? Greek: geographia
“__________”
Study of the distribution and interaction of _______ and _______ features on the earth
_____ are the #1 tool of a geographer

4. The 5 Themes of Geography
__________
__________________

5. Location “Where is it?” ______________
Exactly where a place can be found
Compass directions, latitude, longitude
Describes a place in comparison to other places around it

6. Place
“What is it like?”
_______ features and ______ characteristics of a location
Physical features:
______________________________
Cultural features:

7. Region “How are places similar/different?”
Area of earth’s surface with similar characteristics.
Physical, political, economic, cultural
__ types of regions:
_____________________________

8. Region _________: Continental area and similar cultural styles
Latin America: where its located on the globe, language, religion, etc.
South Carolina: Mostly Christian, Republican, have specific laws regarding issues that apply only to SC citizens (taxes, education, marriage)

9. Region ____________: Interactions and connections between places
Usually involves a hub and then links places to that
Newspaper region
Television region

10. Region ___________: How people perceive the region in some way
Cultural
Dialect:
y’all vs. you guys vs. you’uns
Shopping cart vs. buggy

11. Human-Environment Interaction
“How do people relate to the physical world?”
People ____ what their environment offers them and ______ the environment to meet their ______.

12. Movement
“How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?”
How things move from place to place
How/why people ________
Where ______________ come from
How/why does __________

13. The Geographer’s Tools

14. Maps and Globes ______: 3-D representation of the earth
______: 2-D representation of the earth’s surface
__________________

15. Must Know Information About Maps!!!

16. Scale The scale of a map shows the distance and detail of an area.
_________: large area, not much detail
Ex: Map of the country
_________: small area, lots of detail
Ex: Map of your house

17. Scale ________: ________ 1: 10,000
One inch = 10,000 miles
________
One inch is equal to ten thousand miles

18. Types of Maps Physical maps: show _________
Political maps: show features that are _________
Topographic maps: show landforms in a ____ version

19. How to Read a Map Compass Direction: ____________________
Absolutely necessary to navigate!!

20. How to Read a Map
Latitude Lines: these lines show direction _____ and _____ of the ______.
Run ___________ across a map
Sometimes called _________
0 degrees to 90 degrees (north and south)

21. How to Read a Map
Longitude Lines: these lines show direction ____ and ____ of the ____________.
Run ________ across a map
Sometimes called __________
0 degrees to 180 degrees (east and west)

24. The Earth: Now and Then

25. Earth’s Continents

26. World Climate Regions A: _______ B: _______ C: _______________

27. How Has the Earth Changed?
Continental Drift
Alfred Wegner (1912)
Earth was once a ____________ that divided and drifted apart over millions of years

28. Plate Tectonics
_________ boundary-plates move apart, spreading horizontally
_________ boundary- plates collide, causing either one to dive under the other or the edges of both to crumple
_________ boundary- plates slide past one another