Study Guide

MAPS:
1. Physical – shows the physical features of the earth
2. Political – shows the countries
3. Thematic – shows different types of themes, including: resources, climate, road, economic, etc.

THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY:
1. Location – where things exactly are based on the longitude & the latitude
2. Place – describing the physical & human characteristics of a location
3. Region – a bigger place with similar physical & human characteristics
4. Movement – how things (humans, ideas, goods) go from place to place across the planet
5. Human/Environment Interaction – how humans adapt to the environment & how the environment adapts to humans

VOCABULARY:
Geography - the study of people and environment of places
Spatial - where a place is located and its' physical relationship to other places, people or environment
Location - an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it
Environment - the physical surroundings of location
Region: an area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with other area
Place - a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location

GEOGRAPHY’S JOBS:
1.Location analyst
2.Urban planner
3.Climatologist
4.Land surveyor
TOOLS:
1.Global Positioning System (GPS)
2.Geographic Information System (GIS)
3.Remote sensing
4.Map
5.Irrigation system

The 6 Essential Elements of Geography - the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography.