Chapter 1 Looking at the Earth
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Chapter 1
Looking at the Earth
The Five Themes of Geography
Geography: the study
of the distribution
and interaction of
physical and human
features on the earth
Why Study Geography
The Five Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Region
Movement
Human-Environment
Interaction
5 Themes
Location
Where is it?
Absolute Location
•Exact place on earth where
a geographic feature is
found
•Hemispheres: North, South,
East, West
•Equator
•Prime Meridian
Absolute Location
Latitude Lines
•Run parallel to equator
•North latitude or South
latitude
Longitude Lines
•Run perpendicular to
equator
•Mark East or West
Longitude/Latitude
Location
Relative Location
•Describes how a
place is related to
its surrounding
environment
Place
What is it like?
Includes physical
features and cultural
characteristics
Description of a place
may change over time
Region
How are places similar or different?
Formal Regions
•Defined by limited
number of related
characteristics
U.S.A and Canada,
Latin America, South
Asia
Region
Functional Regions
•Organized around set of
interactions and
connections between
places
City and its suburbs
Region
How are places similar or different?
Perceptual Regions
•People perceive the
characteristics of
region in the same way
-American Midwest
Human-Environment
Interaction
How do people relate to physical world?
Learn to use what
environment offers
them
Change environment to
meet their needs
Human-Environment Interaction
Learn to live with
certain aspects of
environment
People respond to same
environment in
different ways
Movement
How do people, goods and
ideas move from one
location to the other?
Linear Distance
•How far across the earth
something travels
Movement
Time Distance
•Amount of time it takes
to travel
Psychological Distance
•Way people view
distance
The Geographer’s Tools
Maps, globes, and data
3 kinds of maps
•General reference map
•Thematic map
•Navigation map
Countries of the World