Of the terms listed below are there any

Of the terms listed below, are there any you already know? Talk with your neighbor about definitions you’re familiar with! Geography: The Study of Places AND People Terms to tackle: • Geography • Landforms • Climate • Environment • Region • Resources Set up your paper to take Cornell notes!

What is culture? Geography • Geography is the study of the earth’s physical and cultural features. • These features include mountains, rivers, people, cities, and countries. Geography is broken in two parts; Physical geography and Human geography! Do you have a culture? If so, what does it include?

Physical Geography: Landforms • Landforms are the natural features of the land’s surface. • Some landforms include mountains, valleys, plains, and canyons. See if you and your neighbor can identify 5 examples of landforms from the picture above.

Get Ready to Test Your Knowledge of Famous Landforms Around the WORLD!!! The Grand Canyon Mt. Everest Old Faithful Geyser Hawaiian Islands

Physical Geography: Climate • Climate is the pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time. • Weather, however, is the conditions at a specific time and place. Fill in the blanks! My city has cold winters. I’m talking about its ____. It is below freezing today. I’m talking about the _______.

Physical Geography : Environment • An environment includes all living and nonliving things that affect human life in an area. • Environment includes climate, land, water, plants, soil, and animals. Talk to you neighbor about how water, climate, and soil affect humans.

Human Geography • Human geographers study humans and their cultures. • Human geographers also study how the environment affects people. This is a picture of the Dogon people of Mali. What are the two main branches of geography?

Other Questions Human Geographers Might Research… What religions do people practice? How do people who live in deserts survive? With your neighbor, answer one of these questions about your environment. What kind of work do people do? How do they get their food? Why do some diseases spread easily in some environments and not others?

Regions • A region is an area with one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas. • Regions can have different climates, physical features, different languages spoken by humans, and even different religions practiced by humans. Regions are basically ways geographers organize land or people into different pieces. Can you think of any other Regions, or ways geographers Might organize land/people?

Resources • Resources are materials found in the earth that people need and value. • Some early times essential resources included water, animals, and stones. An area’s resources has a huge affect on whether or not people choose to live in a particular area.

Recapitulate! Take some time to recap some of the information we discussed. I’m looking for 6 -8 GREAT sentences.