1. What is Geography?

2. Geography is…
The study of everything on Earth, from rocks and rainfall to people and places.
Geographers study how the natural environment influences people, how people’s activities affect Earth, and how the world is changing.

3. How much do you know about Geography?
On which continent is the United States?
In what direction do longitude lines run? What do they measure?
In what direction do latitude lines run? What do they measure?
What effects does a constantly increasing population have on the Earth, its people, and resources?
Why is the U.S. and practically every other country dependent upon many other nations to help supply its needs?

4. D E A B F C G 4

5. 5 Themes of Geography Location Place Region Movement
Human-Environment Interaction

6. Location Relative Location Absolute Location
imprecise location based on landmarks, time, direction, region, or distance from another place
Where is OCHS located? Off of highway 22 east… next to MBMS
Absolute Location
on a map in relation to a grid or address

7. Example: Where is OCHS? Relative location –Off of Highway 22
Absolute Location – 2340 Highway 22 East Owenton, KY 40359

8. Latitude - Horizontal Lines on the map that give location on the earth North/South of the Equator.
Longitude- Vertical Lines on the map that give location on the earth East/West of the Prime Meridian.

9. +
Longitude =
Latitude
A Grid AKA Absolute
Location!!!!

10. Place What is it like there? Human Characteristics
Physical Characteristics
Human characteristics - architecture, patterns of livelihood, land use and ownership, town planning, communication and transportation networks, languages, and religious and political ideologies

11. Physical Characteristics
Desert
Valley
Caves
Wetlands
Knobs
Mountains
Rivers
Lakes
Streams
Grassland
Forests

12. Region
Relative locations brought together by common characteristics (both physical and human) like language, deserts, mountains, political ideals, culture, rivers, etc.

13. Movement
People travel from one place to another; they communicate with each other; and they rely upon products, information, and ideas that come from beyond their immediate environment. Three Different Types of Movement: 1. People 2. Goods 3. Ideas .

14. MOVEMENT

15. Ways in which humans interact with the environment:
Humans depend on the environment for life.
We need food, water, air, etc.
Humans modify/change nature.
mining, mowing the lawn, cutting down trees
Human adapt to nature.
building roads, bridges, houses

16. 5 Themes of Geography Learning Centers
You will be placed into a group that you will travel with to the 5 centers in the room.
Each center represents one of the 5 Themes of Geography
Location, Place, Movement, Regions, Human- Environment Interaction
You will answer the questions at each center on your own sheet of paper—make sure to LABEL each center on your paper and number the questions
You do not have to write the questions, just the answers