What+is+Geography

=Unit 1 What is Geography?=

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Vocabulary:
1. Geography - **__the study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other__.** 2. Location - **__position on Earth's surface__.** 3. Latitude - **__lines that measure distances North and South of the Equator__.** 4. Longitude - **__lines that measure distances East and West of the Prime Meridian__.** 5. Imports- __ good that come from other country. __ 6. Exports - Things that a country sends to another country to sell in their markets. 7. Interdependence - **__dependance of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world​__.** 8. Topography - **__physical features of a place or region__.** 9. Vegetation - **__plant life of a place or region__.** 10. Climate - **__average weather of a place from a time of 20-30 years__.** 11. Mountain - **__high, steep, rugged land that rises above the surrounding land (over 2,000 ft.)__.** 12. Elevation - **__height above sea level__.** 13. Hill - **__raised land / lower and less steep than mountains__.** 14. Plain - **__large areas of fairly level or gently rolling land__.** 15. Plateau - **__large areas of high, flat-rolling land__.** 16. Map Projection - a means of representing or a representation of the globe or celestial sphere or part of it on a flat map, using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude 17. Peters Projection - areas are shown in correct proportion at the expense of distorted shape, using a rectangular decimal grid to replace latitude and longitude 18. Interrupted Projection- __A map that has cuts on the top and bottom through the countries and waters (becomes dificult to navigate the gaps) with latitude-longitude lines.__ 19. Robinson Projection- __A map that curves towards the north and south poles with latitude-longitude lines.__ 20. Mercator Projection- __shows east to west lines accurately and starts to distort the the countries the farther you get away from the equator.__







Five Themes:
1. Location
 * a. Absolute
 * b. Relative

2. Place

3. Interaction

4. Movement

5. Region

Types of Geography
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