1 / 9

Ch 1 Section 2

Ch 1 Section 2. Terms To Know. Physical Geography Human Geography Meteorology Cartography Geographic Information Systems. Types of Geography. Physical Geography- The study of the Earth’s physical feature.

adolph
Download Presentation

Ch 1 Section 2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Ch 1 Section 2

  2. Terms To Know • Physical Geography • Human Geography • Meteorology • Cartography • Geographic Information Systems

  3. Types of Geography • Physical Geography- The study of the Earth’s physical feature. • Human Geography- also called cultural geography; the study of human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments.

  4. Difference between physical and cultural geography? • What type of questions would you ask a physical geographer? • What types of questions would you ask a cultural geographer?

  5. Meteorology • The study of weather and weather forecasting.

  6. Cartography • The science of mapmaking.

  7. Geographic Information Systems • Computer tools for processing and organizing details and satellite images with other pieces of information.

  8. Name a job in which it would be helpful to understand geography. Explain.

  9. Quick Overview • What is cartography? • What is Geographic information systems? • What is meteorology? • What is the difference between cultural and physical geography?

More Related