Chapter 1 The World of Geography Owl Teacher
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Chapter 1: The World of Geography Owl. Teacher. com
Chapter 1: What is Geography? Owl. Teacher. com
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What is a geographer? Owl. Teacher. com
The Five Themes of Geography • There are five ways to look at the earth • When geographers work, they are guided by two basic questions: 1) _______________? 2) _______________? To find these answers, geographers use five themes to organize information Owl. Teacher. com
Things that geographers study: • • • Owl. Teacher. com
The Five Themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Owl. Teacher. com
4) __________ – Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another. 5) __________ – Geographers compare the climate, land, population, or history of one place to another. Owl. Teacher. com
Location There are two ways to think about location: 1. absolute location – _______________________. Examples: 1. relative location – ________________________. Owl. Teacher. com
Place Owl. Teacher. com
Human-Environment Interaction • How do people adjust to and change their environment? How does the environment adjust to and change the people? • __________________________________. Owl. Teacher. com
Movement • Explains how _____________________________. • Helps geographers understand cultural changes. Owl. Teacher. com
Regions • A region has a unifying characteristic, like _________________. • On maps, geographers use color and shape or special symbols to show regions. Owl. Teacher. com