Geography Basics

What is Geography?

• The study of the solar system

• The spatial study of the earth’s surface

• The study of space

• The study of animals

What do Geographers study?

• Plants and Animals

• Earth's Physical Characteristics

• Earth's People and Culture

• Earth's Climate

Geography can be broken down into two main areas of focus:

• Plants and Animals

• Stars and Planets

• Rivers and Lakes

• Human and Physical Geography

The study of rivers, mountains, land forms, weather, climate, soils, plants, and any other physical aspects of the earth’s surface is called

• Human Geography

• Anthropology

• Physical Geography

• Astronomy

The study of human activity and its relationship to the earth’s surface is called

• Human Geography

• Anthropology

• Physical Geography

• Astronomy

Geographers and cartographers organize locations on the earth using a series of imaginary lines that encircle the globe. The lines are called:

• Imaginary Lines

• Boundary Lines

• Lines of Equators

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude

These teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places.

• Books

• Maps

• TV's

• Pictures

This is the largest circle of Latitude on Earth

• The Prime Meridian

• The North Pole

• The Arctic Circle

• The Equator

The Earth is separated into Hemispheres. The northern, the southern, the eastern and

• The Southwestern

• The Northeastern

• The Western

• The Eastern

This sits at 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

• Prime Meridian