2. Unit 1 Notes

3. 5 Themes of Geography

4. » Location: Where is it? -Absolute location: latitude and longitude of a place, or a street address -Relative location: what is it near? Landmarks?

5. » Place: what kind of place is it? » DESCRIBING the place -does it have mountains, rivers, beaches? -what kind of climate? -is it a big city, or in the country?

6. » Regions: Areas that share similarities -languages, landforms, functions, government Examples: The Great Lakes States, The South, The Middle East

7. » Human Environment Interactions: How humans use and change the environment, and how Mother Nature affects it Examples: -Hurricane Katrina’s destruction in New Orleans -Humans using a river for drinking water -The Hoover Dam -Human building a huge city near a sea port

8. » Movement: -people moving to other places for travel or by necessity -movement of ideas or things

9. » Location ˃Absolute and Relative » Place » Regions » Human Environment Interaction » Movement

12. Greetings from Hawaii! It is very SUNNY and WARM here. There are a lot of islands and sandy beaches. Come visit soon! To: Hermitage High School Richmond, VA

47. Create your own timeline of events in YOUR life!

48. » You Must Have at least 10 items on your timeline. » Some ideas: -year you were born -started a sport -brothers/sisters were born -started high school -started kindergarten -got a pet -went on a trip -moved -celebrated 10 th birthday -joined a club -lost first tooth -learned to play an instrument

49. » Region » Migration » Prehistory » Geography » Cartography » Artifact » Fossil » Archaeology » Excavate » River Delta » Diffuse » Domestication » Paleolithic Era » Neolithic Era » Herders » Gatherers » Specialization » History » Settlement » Irrigation » Theocracy