Physical - climate, landforms, hazards, disasters, the distribution of plants and animals, etc.
Cultural - also known as human geography, includes language, religion, medicine, cities, entertainment, etc.
Economic – development, industry, how we move ourselves and our goods, how people make a living, etc.

LOCATION

LOCATION
Absolute location – position on the globe using latitude and longitude ex. Anchorage, Alaska 61°N, 150°W
Relative location – location in relation to other areas ex. Madison Central is located across from
Daniel Boone Elementary and next to the
Madison County Country Club

Richmond’s Location
Absolute - 37 ° N, 84 ° W
Relative - Richmond is located south of Lexington and north of Berea in the central part of Kentucky

PLACE
Every place on
Earth has features that distinguish it from all other places.

PLACE

PLACE
Physical characteristics – landforms, climate, vegetation
Human characteristics – languages, customs, beliefs, government types, economies

What is unique about Madison
County?

What is unique about Kentucky?

MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT
Places do not exist in isolation
People, goods, and ideas move between places

Movement in Madison County
Interstate 75
Many people travel to Lexington to work every day
Mail from Richmond is transported to
Lexington to be postmarked

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
How do people relate to the land?
How have people changed the environment?
What are the consequences of those changes?
How do people respond to changes in the environment?

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
We adapt to the environment in many ways.
Examples - wearing a coat when it is cold, using terraced farming on a hillside, irrigating a desert region to farm, making snow to ski
Often when humans modify or change the environment the result is negative. (air pollution, water pollution, waste materials)

Indoor Ski Resort in Dubai

H/E Interaction in Richmond
Martin Bypass – How did that development change the environment?
Recycling
Pollution - Kentucky River
Concrete wastelands
Army Depot
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REGION
Geographers create regions to help classify places.
What regions do you live in?

REGION
Formal regions – places with similar attributes (ex. Corn Belt)
Functional regions – places connected by movements (ex. Larger cities and the smaller cities that surround it – people travel there to meet their needs)

Kentucky’s Physical Regions

Madison County’s Regions
Formal – Bluegrass
Functional – Lexington and the smaller communities that surround it like
Richmond – many people travel to
Lexington to work, shop, entertainment, doctor, etc.