what is geography?. it is the study of the earth
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WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
IT IS THE STUDY OF THE EARTH
• Geography teaches us about the physical and human aspects of our world.
• Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment.
WHAT IS A GEOGRAPHER?
• Someone who analyzes the Earth from many points of view.
When geographers work, they are guided by two basic questions:
1)Where are things located?
2)Why are they there?
To find these answers, geographers use five themes to organize information
THE FIVE THEMES:
1. Location – Geographers begin to study a place by finding where it is, or its location.
2. Place – Geographers study the physical and human features of a location.
3. Human-Environment Interaction – Geographers study how people affect or shape physical characteristics of their natural surroundings and how does their surroundings (environment) affect them?
4. Movement – Helps explain how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another.
5. Regions – Geographers compare the climate, land, population, or history of one place to another.
THE GEOGRAPHER’S TOOLS
Globes and Maps:As people explored the Earth, they collected information about it.Mapmakers wanted to present this information correctly.The best way was to put it on a globe, a round ball that represented the Earth.
Because globes are not practical or easy to use, flat maps were invented.However, the earth is round and a map is flat.Mapmakers had to find ways to make maps accurate
Lines of Longitude and Latitude
Longitude
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Latitude
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Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian
Equator
THE HEMISPHERES
CONTINENTS (AT NIGHT)
CONTINENTS
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE
AFRICA
ASIA
OCEANIA
ANTARCTIC
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MOUNTAIN RANGES
MOUNTAIN RANGES
WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN?
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WHAT IS THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN
Mauna Kea, HawaiiMauna Kea, Hawaii
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WATERFALLS
TallestAngel Falls, Venezuela
Largest (volume)Inga Falls, Nigeria
1,500,000 cfs (Niagara =85,000 cfs)
MAJOR RIVERS
MAJOR RIVERS – NORTH AMERICA
MAJOR RIVERS – SOUTH AMERICA
MAJOR RIVERS - EUROPE
MAJOR RIVERS - AFRICA
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Maori, New Zealand
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Zulu, South Africa
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Khoisan, Botswana
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Aborigine, Australia
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Samoan, Pacific Islands
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Ndebele, South Africa
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Inca, Peru
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Hopi, USA
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Greek
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Russian, Russia
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Vietnamese, Vietnam
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Afghani, Afghanistan
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Pakistani, Pakistan
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD