What is Geography?

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What is Geography?
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The Content of Geography
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The five themes of geography
1. Location
2. Region
The Pallouse Grasslands, Washington State
3. Human-Earth relationships
Temperate forest in NW USA
5. Movement
4. Place
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Physical GeographyThe study of all physical
aspects of the Earth

• Physical aspects are divided into four spheres
• The atmosphere
• The hydrosphere
• The lithosphere
• The biosphere

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Careers in Geography

• Primary Tracks
• 1 Geo Technology
• Cartography
• 2 Physical/Environmental Geography
• 3 Human Geography
• Regional and Urban Planning

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Geo - Tech

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Computer mapping
• Spatial Analysis
• Multiple variables
• Transportation, business, commerce/trade, or
  physical variables

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Geo-Tech

• Remote Sensing
• Satellite Image Analysis
• Physical variables
• Human/Environmental
• Terrain analysis
• Land Use/ Land Cover Change
• Aerial Photo Analysis

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Remote Sensing and GIS
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Physical and Environmental Geography

• CAREERS
• Government
• Fed, State, Municipal
• Business
• Consulting
• Education
• TV

• Climatology
• Meteorology
• Hydrology/ Water Resources
• Geomorphology
• Geology
• Biogeography
• Biology
• Pedology

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Human Geography

• Urban Planning
• Economic
• Cultural
• Political
• Historical

• CAREERS
• Government
• Fed, State, Municipal
• Business
• Consulting
• Education
• Sociology or Anthropology
• Political Science
• International Relations

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BECOME A GEOGRAPHY MAJOR

• PROS
• Exciting careers
• Less monotonous deskwork
• Good employment opportunities
• Variety of options
• Mentally challenging