1. The United States

2. Correct

3. Chapter 1 Looking at the Earth

4. Section 1 “The Five Themes of Geography”
Location
Place
Region
Human Environment Interaction
Movement

5. 1. “The Geographer’s Perspective”
Geography: study of the physical and human features on the earth.
Comes from geographia “to describe the earth”

6. 2. Theme: “Location”
Absolute Location: the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found
Latitude
Longitude

7. The Geographic Grid Latitude: lines that run E to W
Longitude: lines that run N to S
Equator: line that divides earth into N & S
Prime Meridian: line divides earth into E & W
Hemispheres

8. Relative Location
Describes a place in comparison to other places around it.
Example: the library is located three blocks west of the park.

9. 3. Theme: “Place and Region”
Place: Includes both the physical and cultural characteristics of a location
Region: an area of the earth’s surface with similar characteristics
Formal- limited number of characteristics (Europe)
Functional- organized by connections (L.A. and Redlands)
Perceptual- believed to be similar, but not always true (the Midwest)

10. 4. Theme: “Human Environment Interaction”
Relationship between humans and their environment
Ex: people adding sandbags to river banks to prevent flooding

11. 5. Theme: “Movement”
The ways that people, ideas, and goods move from place to place
Linear distance
Time distance
Psychological distance

12. Linear Distance:
How far across the earth a person, idea, product travels
Measured in:
Inches
Feet
miles

13. Time Distance:
Amount of time it takes for a person, idea, or product to travel
Measured in
Seconds
Minutes
Hours

14. Psychological Distance:
Refers to the way that people view distance.

15. Section 2 The Geographer’s Tools

16. Globes Three-dimensional representation of the earth Advantage:
Shape and size are true
Disadvantage:
globes are not easily portable

17. Maps Advantage: Disadvantage:
Standard Map
Advantage:
Easily portable
Disadvantage: 2D
Distortion occurs when the earth is flattened to create the map

18. Cartographer
A person who makes maps

19. Map Projection
Drawings of the earth that reduce distortion

20. Topographic Map
A representation of natural and man-made features on the earth.

21. Map making: “Surveying”
the observation, measurement, and recording of what is seen in a specific area.

22. “Satellites” Today, geographers rely on satellites to provide data
Landsat: series of satellites that orbit the earth
GOES: Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite gathers info for weather forecasts.

23. 3. GIS Geographic Information System
Stores info about the world in a digital database

24. 4. GPS
Global Positioning System is a series of 24 Navstars satellites to help people know where they are on the earth