What is geography?

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What is geography?
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• The study of the earth and its features and of
  the distribution of life on the earth, including
  human life and the effects of human activity

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TWO Branches OF GEOGRAPHY

• 1. Human study of how people and their
  activities vary from place to place economics,
  politics, and culture
• 2. Physical study of how the earths natural
  features vary from place to place climate and
  landforms

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WHY STUDY GEOGRAPHY?
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• 10. Mother Teresa, one of the most admired women
  in history, went to India as a Geography teacher.
  
• 9. You won't embarrass yourself incorrectly
  pronouncing Phuket, Thailand.
• 8. Those international coffees will take on a
  whole new meaning.
• 7. You will know why "surf's up."
• 6. History will finally make sense.
• 5. You will know what it's like where your
  Internet pals live.
• 4. You won't get ripped off buying an Amtrak
  ticket to Honolulu.
• 3. Michael Jordan, a geography major, makes over
  80 million a year.
• 2. You'll understand the real reason why the
  Russians were getting friendly with Osama.
• 1. You'll know the way to San Jose.

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MAP SKILLS

• What is a MAP?
• A map is a graphic representation,
• on a flat surface, of what a part of the Earths
  surface looks like from above.

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• MAP PROJECTIONS different ways to project the
  earth

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• A Mercator projection is best used for ship
  navigation because of the nice straight lines

A Polar projection is best used in airplane
navigation. It is easy to plot the Great Circle
Routes used to fly long distances A Robinson
projection is best used for data representation.
Most of the maps in textbooks are Robinson
projections
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1. COMPASS ROSE

• SHOWS CARDINAL DIRECTIONS (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST,
  WEST) ON A MAP
• Intermediate directions

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2. SCALE

• Represents distances between any two points

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3. KEY or LEGEND

• Explains symbols on a map

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