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| the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create |
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| the human and physical features that make a place unique |
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| a field that studies people and the relationships among them |
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| a part of the world with one or more common features distinguishing it from surrounding areas |
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| a flat drawing that shows part of Eath's surface |
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| a spherical model of the entire planet |
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| a specific description of where a place is ( 1715 Bonnie View Dr) |
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| a general description of where a place is (United States) |
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| an area's land, water, climate, plants, and animals, and other physical features |
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| the study of the world's physical features, such as landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants |
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| the study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes |
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| the science of making maps |
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| the study of weather and what causes it |
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| the study of water on Earth |
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| how is geography both a science and a social science? |
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| Geographers have to gather and look at data about places, but they must also study the people and the relationships among them. |
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| What are the 3 levels that geographers look at to fully understand the world? |
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| local (Indiana), regional(United States), and global level(around the world) |
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| What does a geographer study at each level? |
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Local-How the people in the town/community live, what the government is like, what they eat, how they get around (car, bus, horse).
Regional-physicl characteristics, language spoken, religions.
Global-how people interact around the world, how an event or idea has affected people in other regions |
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| What tools does a geographer use to study the planet? |
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| Maps, globes, satellite images, computer programs, data recording tools, notebook and tape recorder |
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| What are the five themes of geography? Describe them. |
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Location- the theme of location describes where something is (an address or city/state/country)
Place-describes the features that make a site unique (the land, climate, poeple)
Regions-areas that share common characteristics (desert, arctic)
Movement-looks at how and why people and things move (are people moving here for a job or because they want to live in a more pleasant area?)
Human-environment interaction-how people interact with their environment (clear forest to plant crops, level fields to build houses/buildings) |
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| What are the 6 essential elements of geography? |
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| The World in Spatial terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, The Uses of Geography |
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| What are the 2 types of satellite images? |
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| True Color-like photographs taken from high above Earth's surface. The colors are similar to what we see from the ground. Infrared Image-taken using a special type of light and the images are based on heat patterns. |
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| What are the 2 main branches of geography? What does each include? |
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| Physical Geography-the study of the world's physical features-landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils,plants. Human Geography-study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes. |
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