HOLT CHAPTER 1 World Geography Today Studying Geography

HOLT CHAPTER 1 World Geography Today Studying Geography Section 1: Themes and Essential Elements Section 2: Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools 1 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 1 Themes and Essential Elements HOLT World Geography Today Objectives: n What are the two main branches of geography? n How do we use geography? n What are some ways we can organize our world and the study of geography? 2 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 1 Themes and Essential Elements HOLT World Geography Today Two main branches of geography: n human geography—distribution and characteristics of the world’s people n physical geography—Earth’s natural environments 3 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 1 Themes and Essential Elements HOLT World Geography Today How we use geography: n in government—for mapmaking and planning n in business—for marketing and development n in schools—for education 4 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 1 Themes and Essential Elements HOLT World Geography Today Organizing the world: n By regions: formal, functional, perceptual Organizing the study of geography: n By five themes—location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region n By six essential elements 1. The World in Spatial Terms 2. Places and Regions 3. Physical Systems 5 4. Human Systems 5. Environment and Society 6. The Uses of Geography HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 2 Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools HOLT World Geography Today Objectives: n How do geographers and mapmakers organize our world? n What kinds of special maps do geographers use? n How do geographers use climate graphs and population pyramids? 6 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 2 Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools HOLT World Geography Today How geographers and mapmakers organize the world: n by drawing lines on the globe n by identifying hemispheres, continents, and bodies of water n by making and using maps 7 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

HOLT Section 2 World Geography Today Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools Special-purpose maps n climate and precipitation maps n population and economic maps n elevation profiles and topographic maps 8 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON

Section 2 Skill Building: Using the Geographer’s Tools HOLT World Geography Today Climate graphs n Climate graphs show average temperatures and precipitation in a place. Population pyramids n Population pyramids show the percentage of males and females by age group in a country’s population, and help chart population trends. 9 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON