Chapter One Team

What is Human Geography?

• Study of the world’s physical geographic features, such as landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
• The science of making maps
• Study of the world’s human geographic features, such as people, communities, and landscapes

Cartography is:

• Study of the world’s physical geographic features, such as landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
• The science of making maps
• Study of the world’s human geographic features, such as people, communities, and landscapes

Meteorology is:

• The study of weather and what causes it
• Study of the world’s physical geographic features, such as landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
• Study of the world’s human geographic features, such as people, communities, and landscapes

What sort of Geography is this?

• Physical Geography
• Human Geography

What is Physical Geography?

• Study of the world’s physical geographic features, such as landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants
• The science of making maps
• Study of the world’s human geographic features, such as people, communities, and landscapes

What sort of Geography is this?

• Human Geography
• Physical Geography

A cartographer is someone who:

• Makes and studies maps
• Studies and observes the weather
• Researches rainfall and river systems

What might a meteorologist look at?

• Weather patterns such as pressure systems and instruments such as thermometers and barometers
• Economies of nations and their interactions or conflicts with another country
• City streets and the modes of transportation in a city

Absolute Location:

• A specific description of a location
• A general description of where a place is
• A part of the world that shares one or more common features that separate it from other nearby areas

Relative Location:

• A general description of where a place is
• An area’s land, water, climate, plants, and animals
• A specific description of a location