Geography

Geography literally means...

• earth far away

• earth distant

• earth write/draw

• write/draw earth

Someone who looks at the Earth from many points of view and then writes about it is a...

• scientist

• archaeologist

• biologist

• geographer

Check all the things a geographer would study...

• dogs

• Pacfic Ocean

• roses

• mountains

• grandparents

What could another definition of geography be...other than the study of the earth?

• anything that can be mapped

• only some things that can be mapped

• only bodies of water are studied

• only landforms and people are studied

What kind of location is the following?

The Blackstone Valley runs between the Sutton area all the way down south towards Rhode Island.

• absolute

• relative

What kind of location is the following?

Whitinsville Christian School is 42 N 71 W

• absolute

• relative

The theme, PLACE, of geography explains what two aspects...

• land

• bodies of water

• animals

• people

The theme of MOVEMENT includes how what 3 things get around...

• wind, sun, and bees

• people, goods, and ideas

• people, wind, and air

• goods, mail, text messages

The best way to explain the theme of REGION is...

• how the big fits into the little

• how the little fits into the big

• how the big only fits into something bigger

• how the little only fits into something littler

The following example describes which of the five themes of geography?

The residents of California have had to evacuate while the fires have been burning in their neighborhoods.

• place

• location

• human-environment interaction

• region

• movement