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Texas History
Chapter 1.1:
The Six Essential Elements of Geography
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How might your life be different if you lived in the
desert?
Sahara Desert
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How does the geography of Afghanistan affect our soldiers fighting the War on
Terror?
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Why are we studying this?
People have lived in Texas and influenced it’s environment for
thousands of years. The geography of Texas influences
how people live.
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Six Essential Elements of Geography
• The world in spatial terms• Places and regions• Physical systems• Human systems• Environment & Society• Uses of Geography
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The World in Spatial Terms
• Geography—the study of the special physical and human characteristics of a place or region
• Environment—physical surroundings
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The World in Spatial Terms
•Culture—a learned system of shared beliefs, traits, settlement patterns
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What are some cultural traits of Celina?
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The World in Spatial Terms
• Geographers look at where things are located
• Geographers use many tools—Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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The World in Spatial Terms
• GIS—computer databases that gather, store, and organize geographic information
Example of a GIS created map
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Google Earth
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Places & Regions
Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
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Places & Regions
• Regions
–Formal
–Functional
–Perceptual The Regions of Texas
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Physical Systems
• Geographers study the physical processes and interactions among four physical systems– Atmosphere– Land– Water– Life
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Physical Systems
• Ecosystem—all of an area’s plants and animals together with their non-living environmentThis flowing East Texas stream is
an important part of a bottomland hardwood ecosystem.
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Human Systems
• Involves the study of population distribution, growth, and movement
• Migration—Movement of people
• Urbanization—an increase in people living or working in cities
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Environment & Society
• Concerns how people interact with the environment
• Roy Bedichek—Texas naturalist who warned about the dangers of pollution Roy Bedichek
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Geography & Society
• Humans affect the environment for better and worse—pollution, restore deforested areas
• The environment affects humans—where they live
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Uses of Geography• Geographers—
locate natural resources
• Historians—use geography to understand history
• Conservation programs
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List the six essential elements of Geography. Then describe each element
PurposeElement