Intro To Geography

What is Geography?

• Study of the Earth and its People

• Study of Rocks

• Study of Animals

People who study Geography are:

• Cartographers

• Geographers

• Biologists

___________ is the exact spot on Earth where a geographic feature, such as a city or mountain, is found.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

_____________ describes where that feature is in relation to the features around it.

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

Columbus has a Latitude of 39 Degrees North and 83 Degress W. What type of Location is this?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

All Saints Academy is 2 Blocks south of Mcdonalds on James and Livingston. What type of Location is this?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

This describes the characteristics of a location that make it unique, or different.

• Place

• Location

• Human-Enviornment Interaction

• Movement

how people affect or change their environment, or natural surroundings

• Place

• Location

• Human-Enviornment Interaction

• Movement

_______________ explains how and why people, ideas, and goods move from place to place

• Place

• Location

• Human-Enviornment Interaction

• Movement

Which one of these is a Push Factor?

• Poverty

• Fear

• Disasters

• Unemployment