Lesson 3: How Geographers View the World- McGraw Hill

The study of Earth and its people, places, and environments

• Geography

• Science

• World

• Biology

The portion of Earth’s surface that can be viewed at one time from a location

• Universe

• Landscape

• Climate

• Weather

The natural surroundings of a place

• Location

• Environment

• Latitude

• Longitude

Geographers look at Earth in a spatial way.

• Earth is always changing.

• Location is where something is found on Earth. There are two types of location: relative and absolute

• This means that they refer to Earth’s features in terms of their locations, their shapes, and their relationships to each other.

• Gulf of Mexico helps us understand why the city became an important trading port.

Examples of landscapes.

• Mountaintop

• Stores

• maps

• food

How is geography related to history?

• The change of seasons.

• We hear it in the sound of birds.

• We feel it when we walk on sidewalks, and we learn about it when we watch television.

• All the above

Five Themes of Geography_

• Location, place, region, human interaction with the environment, and movement.

• Location, place, region, and human interaction with the environment.

• Place, region, human interaction with the environment, and movement.

• location, region, human interaction with the environment, and movement.

What is region?

• Places are close to one another

• Share some features

• Places are close to one another and Share some features

• None of the above

What is the definition for resources?

• factories

• The materials that come from a place

• food

• computers

What does B.C. and A.D. represent in time measurement?

• B.C., or “before Christ.”

• B.C “before Christ.” and A.D “in the year of the Lord.”

• A.D “in the year of the Lord.”

• none of the above