Unit 1 – Exploring Physical and Human Geography
Geography comes from a Greek word meaning "writing about" or "describing the Earth." Geography is the study of where people, places, and things are located and the ways in which they relate to each other.
The Five Themes
· Geographers have developed five basic themes to help us understand the links between people and their environment, movement, and region. Location, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement, region
· What is the purpose of the five themes? What are they and what do they mean?
· Geographers have developed five basic themes to help us understand the links between people and their environment, movement, and region. Each theme offers a way of looking at the world and its people.
Mapping the Earth
· What is the most accurate way to display information about the earth?
· What are the pros and cons of the Mercator projection?
· On a map, where is north?
· How do different types of maps help us better understand the world?
· What maps feature the type of natural resources or economic activity of an area?
· What does a topographic map show?
Latitude and longitude
· Prime Meridian, International Date Line, degrees to the poles, number of degrees between PM and IDL, using latitude and longitude to locate places.
· Which lines run horizontally (across the globe), latitude or longitude?
· What do we call the line of latitude at 0°?
· What do we call the line of longitude at 0°?
Vocabulary
· Climate
· Culture
· Cultural Diffusion
· Cultural Pluralism
· Divergences
· Ecosystem
· Erosion
· Ethnocentrism
· Natural resources
· Plates tectonics
· Renewable resources
· Urbanization
· Weathering
Geographic Land Forms Vocabulary
· archipelago
· atoll
· bay
· butte
· canyon
· cape
· channel
· delta
· dune
· estuary or river mouth
· fjord
· gulf or bay
· island
· isthmus
· lake
· mesa
· peninsula or cape
· plain
· plateau
· sea
· sound
· strait
· tributary
· tundra
Culture
· What is Culture?
· What is ethnocentrism?
· Beyond food, language and greetings, what are some of the different features of culture?
Map: Oceans, Islands and Continents Be able to spell and locate the following on a map:
· Africa
· Aleutian Islands
· Antarctica
· Arctic Ocean
· Asia
· Australia
· Black Sea
· Caribbean Sea
· Caspian Sea
· Europe
· Gulf of Mexico
· Hudson Bay
· Indian Ocean
· Indonesia
· Japan
· Mediterranean Sea
· New Zealand
· North America
· North Atlantic Ocean
· North Pacific Ocean
· North Sea
· Papua New Guinea
· Philippines
· South America
· Hawaiian Islands
· South Atlantic Ocean
· South Pacific Ocean
· Southern Ocean
Geography comes from a Greek word meaning "writing about" or "describing the Earth." Geography is the study of where people, places, and things are located and the ways in which they relate to each other.
The Five Themes
· Geographers have developed five basic themes to help us understand the links between people and their environment, movement, and region. Location, place, interaction between people and their environment, movement, region
· What is the purpose of the five themes? What are they and what do they mean?
· Geographers have developed five basic themes to help us understand the links between people and their environment, movement, and region. Each theme offers a way of looking at the world and its people.
Mapping the Earth
· What is the most accurate way to display information about the earth?
· What are the pros and cons of the Mercator projection?
· On a map, where is north?
· How do different types of maps help us better understand the world?
· What maps feature the type of natural resources or economic activity of an area?
· What does a topographic map show?
Latitude and longitude
· Prime Meridian, International Date Line, degrees to the poles, number of degrees between PM and IDL, using latitude and longitude to locate places.
· Which lines run horizontally (across the globe), latitude or longitude?
· What do we call the line of latitude at 0°?
· What do we call the line of longitude at 0°?
Vocabulary
· Climate
· Culture
· Cultural Diffusion
· Cultural Pluralism
· Divergences
· Ecosystem
· Erosion
· Ethnocentrism
· Natural resources
· Plates tectonics
· Renewable resources
· Urbanization
· Weathering
Geographic Land Forms Vocabulary
· archipelago
· atoll
· bay
· butte
· canyon
· cape
· channel
· delta
· dune
· estuary or river mouth
· fjord
· gulf or bay
· island
· isthmus
· lake
· mesa
· peninsula or cape
· plain
· plateau
· sea
· sound
· strait
· tributary
· tundra
Culture
· What is Culture?
· What is ethnocentrism?
· Beyond food, language and greetings, what are some of the different features of culture?
Map: Oceans, Islands and Continents Be able to spell and locate the following on a map:
· Africa
· Aleutian Islands
· Antarctica
· Arctic Ocean
· Asia
· Australia
· Black Sea
· Caribbean Sea
· Caspian Sea
· Europe
· Gulf of Mexico
· Hudson Bay
· Indian Ocean
· Indonesia
· Japan
· Mediterranean Sea
· New Zealand
· North America
· North Atlantic Ocean
· North Pacific Ocean
· North Sea
· Papua New Guinea
· Philippines
· South America
· Hawaiian Islands
· South Atlantic Ocean
· South Pacific Ocean
· Southern Ocean