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Chapter 1 and 2

Chapter 1 and 2. Themes of Geography. Study of the Earth. Cartographer Meteorologist Seismologist Archaeologist Anthropologist. CARTOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY. SEISMOLOGY Mt. St. Helens (WA) . ARCHAEOLOGY. ANTHROPOLOGY. Kayapo Tribe (above) Brazil. Huli Tribe (right) Papua New Guinea.

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Chapter 1 and 2

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  1. Chapter 1 and 2 Themes of Geography

  2. Study of the Earth • Cartographer • Meteorologist • Seismologist • Archaeologist • Anthropologist

  3. CARTOGRAPHY

  4. METEOROLOGY

  5. SEISMOLOGY Mt. St. Helens (WA)

  6. ARCHAEOLOGY

  7. ANTHROPOLOGY Kayapo Tribe (above) Brazil Huli Tribe (right) Papua New Guinea

  8. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • I. LOCATION • Where something is • A. Exact (Absolute) • 1. Latitude • Run E-W measure N-S • 2. Longitude • Run N-S measure E-W • B. Relative • Where something is in relation to another place

  9. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • II. PLACE • Physical and/or human features of an area • A. Physical • Anything made by nature • climate, land forms, lakes, etc. • B. Human • Anything made by man • Architecture, language, music

  10. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • III. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • How people and the environment affect each other • Pollution, construction, rain, snow, etc.

  11. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • IV. MOVEMENT • How people, ideas, concepts, goods, get from one place to another • Migration (In and out) (Push/Pull factors) • Mail, planes, cars, internet, boat, etc

  12. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY • V. REGION • Organizes Earth into areas with 1 or more shared characteristics • 3 Types • 1. Formal • 2. Functional • 3. Perceptual

  13. Regions • 1. Formal • One or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas • Exps. • Rocky mountains • Income Level • Blues music

  14. Chinatown Sydney BIBLE BELT

  15. Regions • 2. Functional • Different places linked together and function as a unit • Exps. • MATA Bus • Shopping malls

  16. Regions • 3. Perceptual • How people feel about an area • Exps. • Back Home • Down South • Ghetto

  17. Globe • Earth (360) • Oblate spheroid • Grid (Latitude and Longitude) • Latitude (parallels) • 0 Equator • 23 1/2 N Tropic of Cancer • 23 1/2 S Tropic of Capricorn • 66 1/2 N Arctic Circle • 66 1/2 S Antarctic Circle

  18. Latitude

  19. Longitude

  20. Tropics

  21. Polar Regions

  22. Globe • Longitude (meridians) • 0 Prime Meridian (PM) • 180 International Date Line (IDL) • Hemispheres • North and South • Divided by Equator • East and West • Divided by PM

  23. Continents/Oceans • N. America S. America • Asia Africa • Europe Antarctica • Australia • OCEANS • Atlantic Arctic • Pacific Indian • Southern

  24. Map projections • Different ways to represent the round Earth on a flat surface • 3 main types • 1. Cylindrical • Large area of Earth • 2. Conic • Countries • 3. Planar • Poles

  25. CYLINDRICAL

  26. CONIC

  27. PLANAR

  28. Maps • Atlas • Book of maps • 4 things every map needs • 1. Compass rose • 2. Name/Title • 3. Key/Legend • 4. Scale

  29. Time Zones • 15= 1 hour • Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) • MEMPHIS • 35 N 90 W

  30. World Time Zones

  31. US Time Zones

  32. Earth-Sun Relationships • Heliocentric • Sun is the center of the universe • Geocentric • Earth is the center of a relationship • Earth • 93 million miles on avg • Traveling 66,000 mph in orbit

  33. Earth • Moon • Causes tides • Stabilizes Earths rotation • Rotation (Axial action) • 23 hrs 56 mins • Revolution (Orbital action) • 365 and 1/4 days • Leap year • Every 4 years and century divided by 400

  34. Tides

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