The Five Essential Elements of Geography

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The Five Essential Elements of Geography

• How Do I Study Geography?
• PB 2.2a Identify a region by defining its
  distinguishing characteristics.
• 2.2b Explain how and why regions change.

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I. The World in Spatial Terms

• A. Location-Where is it?
• 1. Absolute location
• Latitude
• Longitude
• 2. Relative location
• Across the street from Margaret Walters
• On 52nd Avenue

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II. Places

• A. Characteristics of Place
• 1. Physical
• a. Landforms
• b. Climate
• c. Plants animals
• 2. Human Characteristics
• a. Language
• b. Religion
• c. Arts

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II. Places

• d. Forms of government and political systems
• e. Way of life/daily living
• f. History
• g. Economic system
• Free enterprise
• Command economy

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III. Region

• A. Regions
• Areas that are united by one or more common
  characteristics
• Middle East
• Australia's Outback
• Western United States

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IV. Physical Systems

• Forces that interact and shape the earths
  surface
• Hurricanes
• Glaciers
• Volcanoes
• B. Ecosystems
• The interdependence of plants and animals for
  survival

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IV. Movement

• How people have shaped the world
• Boundary lines
• Natural
• Political
• Why people settle in different areas
• Urban/rural/suburban
• Flow of
• People
• Goods
• ideas

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VI. Interaction

• Human/environment
• How/why people change their surroundings
• Clear forests
• Dam rivers
• Build farms/cities
• Air water pollution
• How the physical environment impacts human
  activity
• Types of soil
• Amount of water
• Natural disasters
• Floods
• Earthquakes

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VIII. Uses of Geography

• Applying geographic knowledge to interpret the
  past and plan for the future
• Knowing how to use the tools and technology
  available to geographers
• Maps
• Computer systems
• Global positioning systems (GPS)

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The Five Essential Elements of Geography

• How Do I Study Geography?
• PB 2.2a Identify a region by defining its
  distinguishing characteristics.
• 2.2b Explain how and why regions change.

Understand
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I. The World in Spatial Terms

• A. Location-Where is it?
• 1. Absolute location
• Latitude
• Longitude
• 2. Relative location
• Across the street from Margaret Walters
• On 52nd Avenue

Understand
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II. Places

• A. Characteristics of Place
• 1. Physical
• a. Landforms
• b. Climate
• c. Plants animals
• 2. Human Characteristics
• a. Language
• b. Religion
• c. Arts

Understand
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II. Places

• d. Forms of government and political systems
• e. Way of life/daily living
• f. History
• g. Economic system
• Free enterprise
• Command economy

Understand
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III. Region

• A. Regions
• Areas that are united by one or more common
  characteristics
• Middle East
• Australia's Outback
• Western United States

Understand
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IV. Physical Systems

• Forces that interact and shape the earths
  surface
• Hurricanes
• Glaciers
• Volcanoes
• B. Ecosystems
• The interdependence of plants and animals for
  survival

Understand
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IV. Movement

• How people have shaped the world
• Boundary lines
• Natural
• Political
• Why people settle in different areas
• Urban/rural/suburban
• Flow of
• People
• Goods
• ideas

Understand
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VI. Interaction

• Human/environment
• How/why people change their surroundings
• Clear forests
• Dam rivers
• Build farms/cities
• Air water pollution
• How the physical environment impacts human
  activity
• Types of soil
• Amount of water
• Natural disasters
• Floods
• Earthquakes

Understand
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VIII. Uses of Geography

• Applying geographic knowledge to interpret the
  past and plan for the future
• Knowing how to use the tools and technology
  available to geographers
• Maps
• Computer systems
• Global positioning systems (GPS)

Understand