Mr. Boothby KEY
World Geography
Lecture Notes CH I Sec I
Read pages 1-5 in your textbook before you begin to answer these questions. Remember to always answer by using complete sentences. Keep this sheet in your notebook.
I. What do shopping malls have in common with “geography” (Hint-Pg 3)?
Malls have much in common with geography. When builders construct one they consider the five themes of geography and
How people will interact at the mall. We will now compare and contrast a mall to our study in the coarse of “World Geography”.
Theme 1 Location :Site where it is in Degrees and feet Lat/Long
Theme 2 Place : Characteristics of the Location Hot/Cold/Crowded, etc...
Theme 3 Human-Environmental Interaction : How we change or interact with the land USA=Very Poor
Theme 4 Movement :Where populations go; Many are now immigrating to the USA example:Mexico
Theme 5 Region :An area with common characteristics example; Those that speak Arabic in the Sahel/W africa.
1. Why is the location of a mall important (List at least 15 poor locations for a mall)?
Why is the location of any place relevant?
It determines everything about the success of the businesses and interactions that happen there!
Poor locations for a mall: In the desert, in a small populated area, area with poor access, in a third world country, on the moon, etc…
Location determines everything in geography and is the key factor for success or failure.
2. What is the textbook definition of site?
A SITE is an exact “absolute location” of a place.
3. What is the textbook definition of absolute location (Give an Example)?
This is generally the same thing as “Site”, but an example is “Niamey/Niger its Site/absolute location is 13degress 31’ North Latitude and 2 degrees and 07’ East longitude.
4. What is the textbook definition of relative location?
This is the position of a place in relation to others. An example can be seen when we talk about our relation to someone; like Uncle
Bob or Aunt Sandy. For Yosemite National Park the book says its, “ North of LA, CA and East of San Francisco CA.
For my Aunt Sandy she is my mothers sister and my grandmothers daughter.
II. In what ways do malls encourage human interactions?
Malls are designed to maximize human interaction inside and outside (HOW)?
The biggest stores are situated on the corners of the mall (Think of Vanc. Mall or Westfield Shopping Mall). The temp is perfect.
Sales are there to draw people in and there are even drugs (Caffeine) to get people shopping and spending. Venders are in the middle walkways and pester you to “Try my product”.
What about sales products, discounts, etc…
5. What is a drought? Why do we rarely have them in the “Pacific Northwest” (Think-
It’s not in the book)?
A long dry period without rain! This is usually in the interior parts of a country, We are located near the ocean receive a large amount of precipitation and moisture; When I lived in Idaho…Pocatello people always put on chapstick and lotion…Why???
6. Why in the world would geographers study “drought” and “non-drought” areas (Pg5)?
To make recommendations to help victims, also not in the book: See why the droughts are taking place today the “hot topic” is global
Warming. Geographers are looking to see if global warming is having an effect on drought…
On June 20 th 2006 many scientists decided global warming is effecting drought!
7. Is tourism related to geography? If it is (And yes, it is!) explain how in as much detail as you are humanly able to do. Very much so! People will only visit the best places
(usually) that have great climate, human-interactions, nice flora/fauna, etc… People generally visit places that a quite different from the regions in which they live.
Ex: People from the Pacific NW probably wouldn’t find England that amazing interesting from the standpoint of climate (see the map).
8.The movement of people, goods, and ideas is called _________ __________________.
III. GROUP PROJECT TIME (3-4 per group): Write out a 1-page paper on a famous region that have learned about in the past and (or) would like to learn about in the future.
*Make sure that the group knows what a region is (Page 7) before you begin to work on this assignment.
Brain Storm and Discuss Future Physical Project Ideas with the group If You Have Time