1. Emergence of Civilization Unit 1

2. Journal 8/31/2015 Why do we need to understand Geography when studying History? Name 5 things you can learn from a civilization from the location in which they live.

3. GEOGRAPHY Study of people, their environment and resources. Can give us contextual clues as to how they live their lives. Every event happens somewhere Must know WHERE it happens to fully understand WHY it happens.

4. GEOGRAPHY 5 Major Themes of Geography to help us understand what and why things happen 1)LOCATION – Where, How do I get there? exact location LATITUDE - North and South of equator LONGITUDE - East and West or Prime Meridian Zero degrees, through Greenwich, England Hemisphere – Half of the globe relative location

5. GEOGRAPHY 2)PLACE – What is it like to live there? physical and human characteristics of the LOCATION mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, and animal and plant life of a place human-designed features of a place, i.e. land use, architecture, forms of livelihood, religion, transportation communication.

6. GEOGRAPHY 3)Human Environment Interaction – How do people relate to the land? how people relate to it, are affected by it and have modified it. Positively and negatively interactions between 4 physical systems Earth’s atmosphere, land, water, and life.

7. GEOGRAPHY 4)MOVEMENT – Why people move around and the humans effect on the environment? food, religion, political, work, ideas, products, disease.

8. GEOGRAPHY 5)REGIONS areas with specific characteristics, things in common Physical, political, religious, language, economic All can in some way be represented with or by maps sources for history

9. Geography Assignment Use the newspaper or magazines (whatever you have available) to cut out an example of each of the five themes of geography (Use your notes to help you find examples.): Location Place Human Environment Interaction Region Movement 1. Paste or tape each examples to a piece of paper. Only one theme per page. This will leave room for some writing. 2. For each example write what theme it represents and why. 4 – 6 sentences. Create a title page (Title (5 Themes), Name, Period) Staple all together. Due : Next Class period.