Unit 1 Foundations of Geography

The study of Earth and the ways people interact with the Earth is...

• Physical geography

• Spatial scale

• Human geography

• Geography

The different sized "containers" or ways to group places together to organize investigations into human activities is......

• Geography

• Physical geography

• Maps

• Spatial scale

Which words represent physcial geography?

• rivers

• valleys

• climate

• all of the above

Physical geography is.....

• Churches

• Things made by humans

• Migration

• Mountains

Human geography is....

• Rivers

• Climate

• Population

• Earth

What is geographic inquiry?

• method for investigation population

• method for studying science

• method for investigating geographic problems

• asking geographic questions

Geographers always ask 2 central questions..... Mark 2 answers.

• What happened in the past?

• Where is it?

• Why did earthquake cause so much damage?

• Why is it there?

Why is the capital of Michigan in Lansing?

• so immigrants could travel there and see it

• so it was centrally located between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan

• so it was centrally located so everyone could get to it easily

• to unite U of M and MSU fans

What is the next step in Geographic Inquiry after "acquire/get" geographic information?

• ask geographic questions

• answer geographic questions

• organize geographic information

• analyze geographic information

List the steps of Geographic Inquiry in the correct order ...

• Answer geographic problems., Analyze geographic information, Acquire geographic information, Organize geographic information , Ask geographic questions,

• Analyze geographic information, Acquire geographic information, Organize geographic information , Ask geographic questions, Answer geographic problems.

• Acquire geographic information, Organize geographic information , Analyze geographic information, Ask geographic questions, Answer geographic problems.

• Ask geographic questions, Acquire geographic information, Organize geographic information , Analyze geographic information, Answer geographic problems.