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Themes of Geography

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Warm-up

  • Question 1: You live in on the coast in a country in the north, often covered in snow. 
  • How do you think you dress? What might you eat?
  • Question 2: You live in a tropical island where it is very hot.
  • What might you wear? Eat?
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Geography and you

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Objectives

  • Review Cornell Notes.
  • Review note taking etiquette.
  • Identify geography and its themes.
  • Identify Absolute and Relative Location
  • Apply learning to a Mapquest activity
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when taking notes

  • If finished, you may draw or read.
  • Notes should be taken quietly.
  • We use Cornell Notes:
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Geography is the study of:

  • The Land
  • Its inhabitants 
  • And other features of phenomena of the Earth.
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Five themes of geography

  • Location
  • Place
  • Human-Environment Interaction
  • Movement
  • Region
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1st theme: place

Place can be absolute or relative
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Absolute Location

A place's EXACT spot on earth (latitude and longitude).
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Relative Location

A location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).
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Relative Location

What is the relative location of the jeep?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xgs5WXOnuk

One example of absolute location. One example of relative location.

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