Geography Study Guide!
By: Justine Truong xoxo
4 different jobs being a geographer
-Land Surveyor - a person who measure the land
-Climatologist - help businesses find the best time for their operations
-Urban Planner - a person who creates plans for developing and improving part of a city
-Location Analyst - a person who studies an area to find the best location for a client
-Cartographer - a person who creates map.
-Cartographer - a person who creates map.
3 most important maps
-Political map - Maps that show the countries' borders
-Physical map - Maps that show the characteristic and elevation of an area
-Thematic map - Maps that are based on a theme.
Needed tools to be a geographer
-Compasses
-Maps
-GPS (Global Positioning System) - a system that uses a network of Earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint location
-GIS - (Geographic Information Systems) - a computer or Internet-based mapping technology
Five themes of geography
-Location - the exact position that has a specific latitude and longitude
-Movements - understanding of transfer goods, ideas, people from one place to another
-Place - a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristic of a location
-Human/Environment Interaction -
-Regions - an area where it has the same properties or characteristics.
Six essential elements
-Human System - where people lived & their uses of resources
-Physical System - how changes in the earth's surface impact living things
-World of Spatial Term - space where a place is located and its physical relationship to other places, people, and environments.
-Uses of geography
-Places and Regions
-Environment and Society
Vocabulary
-Geography - the studies of people, places, and environment
-Environment - physical surrounding of a location
-Map - the representation of an area.
-Compasses
-Maps
-GPS (Global Positioning System) - a system that uses a network of Earth-orbiting satellites to pinpoint location
-GIS - (Geographic Information Systems) - a computer or Internet-based mapping technology
Five themes of geography
-Location - the exact position that has a specific latitude and longitude
-Movements - understanding of transfer goods, ideas, people from one place to another
-Place - a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristic of a location
-Human/Environment Interaction -
-Regions - an area where it has the same properties or characteristics.
Six essential elements
-Human System - where people lived & their uses of resources
-Physical System - how changes in the earth's surface impact living things
-World of Spatial Term - space where a place is located and its physical relationship to other places, people, and environments.
-Uses of geography
-Places and Regions
-Environment and Society
Vocabulary
-Geography - the studies of people, places, and environment
-Environment - physical surrounding of a location
-Map - the representation of an area.
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