Transcript Geography - Simpson County Schools

Geography
What is geography?
• Geography is the study of the world, its
people, and the landscapes they create.
– Geographers use geographic tools to look at the
world in different ways.
Physical vs. Human
• Physical geography is the study of the world’s
features – its landforms, bodies of water,
climates, soils, and plants.
• Reasons to study physical geography:
– Learn how the world works/better understand it
– To help us learn of the Earth’s changes and
dangers be prepared for them
Physical vs. Human
• Human geography is the study of the world’s
people, communities, and landscapes.
• Human geographers
– Study the world’s people, past and present
– Look at where people live and why
– Study what people do
Five Themes of Geography
• The five themes of geography help us organize
our studies of the world.
• Geographers use themes that can be applied
to nearly everything that they study.
– Location
– Place
– Human – Environment Interaction
– Movement
– Regions
Location
• Every point on Earth has a location.
• *Describes where something is.*
• ABSOLUTE LOCATION is a specific description
of where a place is, such as an address (or a
place’s Latitude and Longitude).
• RELATIVE LOCATION is a general description of
where a place is (in relation to another place).
• The Simpson County Courthouse is located
downtown Franklin, KY.
Place
• Place refers to an area’s landscape, the
features that define the areas and make it
different from other places.
• Can include land, climate, and people . . .
• *Place describes the features that make a site
unique.*
• Bowling Green, KY, the town bordering
Simpson County to the north, has many
tourist attractions that are significant to this
area.
Human – Environment Interaction
• An area’s environment includes its land, water,
climate, plants, and animals.
• Geographers study how people interact with
their environment .
• People interact with their environments in
many ways. Some use the land to grow crops.
• . . . Crops like this baby watermelon in my
garden 
Movement
• Study of why and how people move, including
roads and routes that make movement
common.
• This theme looks at how and why people and
things move.
Regions
• Geographers divide the world into regions.
• Regions are areas that share common
characteristics that distinguish them from
areas around them.
“South Central Kentucky”
Karst System
• Karst is a landscape formed from the
dissolution of soluble rocks including
limestone, dolomite and gypsum. It is
characterized by sinkholes, caves, and
underground drainage systems.
“The South”, y’all!!!