Thinking Like A Historian

Geography is...

• the study of maps.

• the study of maps & globes.

• the study of other countries.

• the study of the earth & its physical features.

MR. HeLP is an acronym that stands for...

• Movement, Religion, Humans, Location, and Place

• Movement, Region Humans/Environment Interaction, Location and Place

• Movement, Region, Environment, Lists, Places

• Movement, Region, Human Interaction, Longitude, and Points

To answer the question, "Where is it?", there are TWO types of locations;

• Exact & Relative

• Precise & Rounded

• Absolute & Relative

• Absolute & Relation

Absolute location can be described as...

• the exact spot of a place on the earth's surface

• where a place is compared with one or more other places

Relative location can be described as...

• the exact spot of a place on the earth's surface

• where a place is compared with one or more other places

The theme of PLACE describes...

• where it is located on the earth.

• how people move in and out of an area.

• the characteristics that give an area its own special/unique quality.

A PHYSICAL characteristic of a place...

• describes something NATURAL that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, etc.)

• describes something MAN-MADE that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, etc.)

A HUMAN characteristic of a place...

• describes something NATURAL that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, etc.)

• describes something MAN-MADE that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, etc.)

_______________ investigates how people have responded to their environment.

• PLACE

• MOVEMENT

• REGION

• HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

The _______________ of people, ideas, goods, and information throughout history has brought the world’s people closer together.

• PLACE

• LOCATION

• MOVEMENT

• REGION