world geography

cartographers are people who...

• people who come up with corrdinates

• design and make maps

• people that make dances

• people who fly planes

geographers describe what?

• physical and human features

• art

• food

• interactions of people, places, and environments

3 tools geographers might use

• satelights

• thermometers

• their feet

• barometers

space relations or...

• planets

• asteriods

• relations in space

• the ground

how places, people, and features are connected because of their locations

• technology

• communication

• cars

• spatial relations

absolute location:

• exact latitude and longitude

• cars

• walking

• continents

relative location:

• coordinates

• address

• a place's location in relation to another place

• a place found on the globe

a region:

• an area combined into one

• places that are combined by shared characteristics

• gulf of mexico

• acadiana

formal region:

• lafayette

• a central place and the outlying areas linked to it by transit

• defined by popular feelings

• an area defined by a common characteristic

functional region:

• a central place and the outlying areas linked to it by transit systems

• area defined by a common characteristic

• groups that are united by shared characteristics

• defined by popular feelings