Wednesday, September 1, 2010

2nd of September: Homework: Study Guide

Vocabulary:
  • Geography: the study of people and environment of places
  • Environment: the physical surroundings of location
  • Spatial: where a place is located and it's physical relationship to other places, people or environment
  • Location: an exact position using latitude and longitude, or a description of a place in relation to places around it
  • Place: a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location
  • Region: an area that has one or more common characteristics that unite or connect it with other area
Topics:
  • 3 types of maps: physical, political, thematic
  • The 5 Themes of Geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions
  • The 6 Essential Elements of Geography: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography. 
Ideas:
  • How to read maps
Because I don't know what "ideas" means in this homework, I can't list that many.  But I know that that's no excuse 'cause I'm supposed to understand all the lessons.

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