1. Brief Introduction to Geography
Ireland / UK

2. 5 Themes Geography can be broken down into 5 themes
As we study Ireland and the UK, we can hopefully start to identify where these themes are present and use them to help us understand more about our destination

3. Location Includes ABSOLUTE and RELATIVE location
Absolute location is a places point on a globe or map
Relative location is the places location compared to another place

4. Examples Of Relative Location
London is 400 miles from Glasgow
London is near the North Sea
London is in the UK but very close to France

5. How does absolute location work?
Imaginary lines of latitude run parallel to the equator (0º) on a globe or map
Imaginary lines of longitude run north and south between the two poles – Primer Meridian (0º)

6. What is the Absolute Location of Cork?

7. Place
A place is described by its physical and/or human characteristics
physical - features including landforms, climate, and vegetation
human - people who live there, political system, customs, economy, architecture, etc.

8. Human-Environmental Interaction
How do people use their environment?
How have they changed it?
How have people responded to these changes

9. Movement
As people, goods, and ideas move from place to place, they can change a places characteristics
ex. - if communists invaded and overtook The United States, our country’s geography would change

10. Regions Set of places that have similar attributes
ex - Chicago is in the Midwest
ex – Iowa is in the Midwest
Regions could be:
Political Regions
Landform Regions
Agricultural Regions
Cultural Regions
Climate Regions

11. Keep in mind as we travel:
Place – What makes the places we are visiting unique? What are their physical characteristics, but also, what are their human characteristics?
Movement – What do we see in the UK that directly influenced us due to our colonial past relationships with Britain?
Regions – How are the countries we visit, all one region? How are they broken up into small regions and what factors create those regions?