What is Geography?

What is geography?

• the study of the physical features of the earth and the people who live on it

• the study of economic systems and how people get what they need with limited resources

• the study of governments and how peoples rights are protected

• the study of past events and how they are connected in a cause and effect chain

Match each description with the correct theme of geography:​ ​ ​ ​ ​

• Movement

• • A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

• Human-environment Interaction

• An area of the earth defined by one or more characteristics. Larger than a point and smaller than the whole world.

• Region

• The study how people interact with their surroundings and adapt to conditions there.

• Location

• The position something occupies on the earth's surface

• Place

• The migration of people, ideas, and and goods from one place to another

The study of the earth's natural landscape, including its topographical features, bodies of water, climate, and soil.

• Cartography

• Environmental Geography

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

Which of the following is how a person would describe a place?

• It's unique location on the earth's surface

• The physical and human landscape including topographical features and culture

• The sense of place that gives it a distinctive and unique feel that is different from other places

• all of the above

The address, 450 W. Reynolds Rd Lexington, Kentucky 40503, is an example of:

• A Relative Location

• A Cultural Landscape

• An Absolute Location

• A Region

Northern Kentucky is south of Cincinnati, on the banks of the Ohio River, west of the Appalachian Mountains. This description is an example of:

• A Relative Location

• A Cultural Landscape

• An Absolute Location

• Human-Environment Interaction

The study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes is known as

• Human Geography

• Cartography

• Physical Geography

• Environmental Geography

Geography can be seen as science because geographers:

• Ask questions

• collect information that cannot be quantified (put into numbers)

• collect and analyze data

• None of the Above

• Both A & C

Geography as a social science looks at data that is sometimes difficult to quantify such as:

• People and their culture

• Migration of people, ideas, language, and religion

• Political and economic Relationships between people and places

• All of the Above

• None of the Above

Put the information as being a part of geography or a part of history.

There are four answers in each category.

Groups:

(a) History

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(b) Geography

• Asks Where and Why

• • Explain why one human activity is found near another one

• • Identify dates of important events

• Asks When and Why

• • Organize material chronologically

• • Identify locations of important places

• • Explain why events happen in order

• • Organize material spatially