1. World geography
Week 1

2. objectives LEARN THE TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
HOW WE USE GEOGRAPHY
HOW WE CAN ORGANIZE OUR WORLD AND THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY

3. VOCABULARY

4. GEOGRAPHY
THE STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF EARTH’S SURFACE.

5. PERSPECTIVE
THE WAY A PERSON LOOKS AT SOMETHING

6. LANDSCAPES
SCENERY OF PLACES, INCLUDINGPHYSICAL, HUMAN, ANDCULTURAL FEATURES

7. CARTOGRAPHY
THE STUDY OF MAPS AND MAPMAKING

8. METEROLOGY
THE STUDY OF WEATHER

9. REGION
AN AREA WITH ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS

10. FORMAL REGION
REGION WITH ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS

11. FUNCTIONAL REGION
REGION MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE LINKED AND FUNCTION AS A UNIT

12. PERCEPTION
OUR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US

13. PERCEPTUAL REGIONS
REGIONS THAT REFLECT HUMAN FEELINGS AND ATTITUDES

14. GEOGRAPHY LETS START WITH A QUESTION!
HOW DO YOU THINK THE LOCATION OF MUSIC CITY MALL WAS SELECTED?

15. CONSIDERATIONS OF LOCATION AND PLACE ARE PART OF GEOGRAPHY
NEAR OTHER ENTERTAINMENT AREAS?
NEAR SHOPPING CENTERS?
NEAR MAJOR POPULATION AREAS / CENTRAL LOCATION?
NEAR A MAJOR ROAD/HWY?
OTHER IDEAS?

16. WHAT GEOGRAPHY IS NOT:
JUST MEMORIZING LISTS OF COUNTRIES AND STATE CAPITALS
STUDYING ROCKS
MAPS AND PICTURES OF FARAWAY PLACES

17. WHAT GEOGRAPHY IS
THE STUDY OF EVERYTHING ON EARTH, FROM ROCKS AND RAIN FALL TO PEOPLE AND PLACES.
THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT INFLUENCES PEOPLE
HOW PEOPLE’S ACTIVITES AFFECT EARTH, AND HOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING.

18. TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY
*EXAMINES HOW PEOPLE MAKE AND TRADE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE
* STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD’S PEOPLE
(WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHAT THEY DO)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
*FOCUSES ON EARTH’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING LAND FORMS, WATER FEATURES, PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND OTHER PHYSICAL FEATURES
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
*STUDIES THE PROCESSES THAT SHAPE THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
*INTERACTION OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

19. LETS PRACTICE! PLACE WORDS, DRAW PICTURES THAT : RELATE TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RELATE TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND RELATES TO BOTH
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
BOTH

20. Physical/human geography interaction

21. Region DEFINED BY THEIR PHYSICAL AND HUMAN FEATURES, INCLUDING:
CLIMATE
RIVER SYSTEMS
SOILS
VEGITATION
LANGUAGES
RELIGIONS
TRADE NETWORKS

22. REGION
CAN BE ANY SIZE
EXAMPLES (LARGE REGIONS): COUNTRIES, DESERTS, AND MOUNTAIN RANGES
EXAMPLES (SMALL REGIONS) : SUBURBS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
EXAMPLES ( SUBREGIONS): THE GREAT PLAINS (37°N 97°W NORTH AMERICA Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming)

23. GEOGRAPHERS DEFINE REGIONS IN THREE WAYS
FORMAL REGION
FUNCTIONAL REGION
PERCEPTUAL REGION

24. TYPES OF REGIONS
FORMAL REGIONS
FUNCTIONAL REGIONS
PERCEPTUAL REGIONS

25. FORMAL REGIONS
HAS ONE OR MORE COMMON FEATURES THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM SURRONDING AREAS.
EXAMPLE: SAHEL IN AFRICA ( LIES BETWEEN THE SAHARA (DESERT) AND WETTER AND FORESTED AREAS TO THE SOUTH
FORMAL REGIONS CAN BE BASED ON ALMOST AND FEATURE/COMBINATION
MIGHT INCLUDE:POPULATION, INCOME LEVELS, CROPS, TEMPERATURES, OR RAINFALL
PHYSICAL FEATURES MIGHT DEFINE A FORMAL REGION(ROCKY MOUNTAINS)
ECONOMIC FEATURES INDUSTRIAL AREAS (RUST BELT NE US)

26. FUNCTIONAL REGION
THESE ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE LINKED TOGETHER AND FUNCTION AS A UNIT
FOR EXAMPLE A CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM, IT INCLUDES DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE, TRAINS AND BUSES LINK THOSE PLACES TOGETHER.
FUNCTIONAL REGIONS ARE ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL POINT, SURROUNDING AREAS ARE LINKED TO THIS POINT. (EXAMPLE : MALL- FUNCTIONAL REGION LINKED TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ALSO CITIES, THEY CONECT TO SUBURBS, AREAS IN THE COUNTRY AND INDUSTRY WHICH ALL FUNCTION TOGETHER

27. PERCEPTUAL REGIONS
INVOLVES HUMAN PERCEPTION (OUR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US)
WAYS OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCES INFLUENCE HOW WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD
REGIONS THAT REFLECT HUMAN FEELING AND ATTITUDES.
EXAMPLES: “BACK HOME” (MAY BE HARD TO DEFINE) , U.S. MIDWEST, SOUTHER REGION “DIXIE”.
PEOPLE PERCEIVE THESE AREAS TO BEDISTICT REGIONS.
THESE AREAS HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIAL FEATURES THOUGH PEOPLE PERCIEVE THOSE FEATURES IN DIFFERING WAYS

28. TYPES OF REGIONS SAHEL, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, RUST BELT FORMAL REGIONS:
CITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS, SHOPPING MALLS, CITIES
FUNCTIONAL REGIONS:
PERCEPTUAL REGIONS:
HOME, THE SOUTH