WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

IT IS THE STUDY OF THE EARTH

• Geography teaches us about the physical and human aspects of our world.

• Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment.

WHAT IS A GEOGRAPHER?

• Someone who analyzes the Earth from many points of view.

When geographers work, they are guided by two basic questions:

1)Where are things located?

2)Why are they there?

To find these answers, geographers use five themes to organize information

THE FIVE THEMES:

1. Location – Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is, or its location.

2. Place – Geographers study the physical and human features of a location.

3. Human-Environment Interaction – Geographers study how people affect or shape physical characteristics of their natural surroundings and how does their surroundings (environment) affect them?

4. Movement – Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.

5. Regions – Geographers compare the climate, land, population, or history of one place to another.

THE GEOGRAPHER’S TOOLS

Globes and Maps:As people explored the Earth, they collected information about it.Mapmakers wanted to present this information correctly.The best way was to put it on a globe, a round ball that represented the Earth.

Because globes are not practical or easy to use, flat maps were invented.However, the earth is round and a map is flat.Mapmakers had to find ways to make maps accurate

Lines of Longitude and Latitude

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CONTINENTS (AT NIGHT)

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MOUNTAIN RANGES

WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN?

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TallestAngel Falls, Venezuela

Largest (volume)Inga Falls, Nigeria

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MAJOR RIVERS

MAJOR RIVERS – NORTH AMERICA

MAJOR RIVERS – SOUTH AMERICA

MAJOR RIVERS - EUROPE

MAJOR RIVERS - AFRICA

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Maori, New Zealand

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Zulu, South Africa

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Khoisan, Botswana

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Aborigine, Australia

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Samoan, Pacific Islands

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Ndebele, South Africa

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Inca, Peru

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Hopi, USA

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Greek

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Russian, Russia

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Vietnamese, Vietnam

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Afghani, Afghanistan

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

Pakistani, Pakistan

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD