1. World Geo Unit 1- Lesson 1
Ms. Crone
2012

2. Think About the Local Geography: Write the answer to each question on a sticky note.
Describe the landscape.
What is the weather like?
What language do most people speak? What other languages are spoken?
Does the town grow crops to export to other parts of the state, country, or world?
Where does our water source come from?
What is the history of our place? When was it founded?
What county does our place belong to?
What country does our place belong to?
In what continent is it located?
In what hemisphere is it located?
What is the relative location of our town/city?
How can we find out what the absolute location of our city is?

3. Physical Geography and Human Geography
If we were to categorize these questions into two categories, what two categories might we choose?
Physical Geography and Human Geography

4. Human Geography
Physical Geography

5. Physical v. Cultural Geography
Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Rocks/Minerals
Population/Settlements/Urbanization
Landforms
Economic and Political Systems
Animal and Plant Life
Transportation
Soils
Human Migration
Atmosphere/Climate/Weather
Social Systems
Environment
Recreation
Rivers/Oceans/Other bodies of Water
Religion/Belief System
Physical Geography is the study of the Natural Landscape of the Earth while Cultural Geography is the study of the Human Landscape of the Earth.
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6. So, What is Geography?
Geography is the study of the physical and cultural landscapes of Earth.
The study of the physical and human landscape of the Earth and the interaction between the two.
It is the study of place and space.
It is a science that deals with the description, distribution, and interaction of the diverse physical, biological, and cultural features of the earth's surface.
Physical Geography, a subset of geography, is the study of natural features and phenomena of the earth’s surface. Human Geography is the study of the world, its people, communities, and cultures.

7. Assignment: Frayer Model: Physical and Human Geography

8. Get out a piece of paper and make 3 columns labeled:
Geography Terminology
Tools
Regions

9. Geography
By the end of our lesson you will be able to: Create a diagram about geography in order to identify what geographers study, what tools geographers use, and geography terminology.
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10. Geography Terminology (Vocabulary)
Geography: The study of the physical and human landscapes of Earth and the interaction between the two (human-environment interactions).
Physical Geography: study of processes and patterns (the natural environment of the Earth)
Human Geography: studies culture, population, economy, etc.
Geographers use many tools to study the Earth: Examples maps, aerial photos, observation, surveys, satellites, organize information into charts and graphs.
Geographers also study location, place, region, movement and the human-environment interactions.
3 types of Regions: formal, functional, perceptual
Why is geography important in our everyday lives?
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11. Geographers use tools to study the interactions between the physical and human landscapes of Earth.
Concepts/Big Ideas: geographic tools, Geography terminology (Vocabulary), Physical Geography, Human Geography and Regions
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12. Do not have definite borders
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS:
Change over time.
Do not have definite borders
Are separated from or blend with other regions by transition zones.
Transition Zone: Gradual shift (not a sharp break) to neighboring regions.
Properties of Regions
Area
Boundaries
Location -
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13. 3 Types of Regions
Formal Region: Counties, States, Countries (political divisions); based on facts (population/demographics, income, climate, etc.)
Example: Latin America, Europe
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14. Organized around a set of interactions and connections between places.
Functional Region: Metropolitan area; places connected by transportation or other means
Organized around a set of interactions and connections between places.
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15. Perceptual Region: Based on human attitudes about a place
Region in which people perceive the characteristics of the region in the same way.
Example: American Midwest, The South
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16. Tools: Satellite Images
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17. Tools: Using Twitter, this individual created a map of people reporting where their planes were landing
What type of technology might be used to create this map? How did the map maker find the information? Believe it or not: from Twitter…people tweeting where they have landed…
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18. Tools: Maps based on annual rainfall; latitude and longitude Regions based on rainfall
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19. Tools: observation and survey the land Regions: West Texas: Cotton (trade)
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20. Tools: data to determine population density Regions based on Population
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21. Tools: data collected based on imports and exports Regions for Trade
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22. Regions based on physical features: River Valley and Hill Country
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23. Political Regions: Counties of Texas (254 Counties)
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24. Regions: Physical Features
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25. Regions: Religion
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26. Now…
Complete the diagram about geography in order to identify what geographers study, what tools geographers use, and geography terminology.
On the back, write & answer these questions:
What is the study of geography?
What tools do geographers use?
What is a region?
What are the four important types of regions?
How do physical characteristics of places affect people’s lives?
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