Geography is . . . the world and everything in it.
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Geographic Literacy : Is the ability to apply geographic
knowledge and skills to make important decisions.
• Understanding how our world works
• Understanding how our world is connected
• Understanding how to make well-reasoned decisions
Location
Where is it? Absolute or Relative
Where is it? What is it near?
• Absolute Location: Expressed by using
latitude and longitude, cross streets, or an
address
• Relative Location: Expressed by describing
what it is near or how close to another place.
At the top of your page
• Give the absolute location of where you live.
• Describe the location of your home in relation
to other landmarks.
Place
Unique Physical
or
Human Characteristics
What is it like there?
What is it like there?
• Unique physical and human characteristics
such as famous physical features or manmade
landmarks.
– ?Important Rivers
– ?famous building
– ?What are the people like?
– ?Culture
At the top of your page . . .
• Draw and describe physical features of
Nevada.
• At the bottom of your page . . . .
• Describe unique features of Las Vegas.
Human-Environment
Interaction
What is the relationship between
humans and their environment?
• Human Environmental Interaction is how the
physical geography or environment affects
people and how, in turn, people have changed
the environment.
– ?pollution
– ?planting crops
– ?building a dam
At the top of the page . . . .
• Give examples of how people have affected or
change the physical environment of Nevada
over time.
Movement
People
Goods
Ideas
Nature
How and why places are connected
with one another?
• Movement of people, goods and ideas
• How does a religion spread from one place to
another?
• Does it matter how and why armies move?
• Can the movement of an important resource
like oil make a difference in the world?
• How does the physical movement within one
of the basic Earth systems affect living
organisms of the biosphere?
At the top of the page . . . .
• Explain/illustrate how people, goods and ideas
move in and out of Las Vegas.
Large or small
Regions
Political - Physical - Cultural - Perceptual
Common
Characteristics
How and why places are similar with
one another?
• We break concepts or places into smaller units
to make them easier to study.
• Regions can be:
large: Latin America
small: New England
physical: Amazon River Basin
political: United States
cultural: common language or religion
At the top of your page . . . .
• Make a list of as many regions as you can
think in Nevada.
Location
3 S – 60 W
Place
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Regions
Homework Time!
• Five Themes of Geography Book Project
• Due on or before: September 27, 2013