Study guide for Geography

- Maps:
 What is map?

  +Political Maps: show countries, borders

  +Physical Maps: show physical features of the earth

  +Thematic Maps: show different types of map themes, ex: population, climate, resources, ...

- Culture: characteristic of a nation

  +Food

  +Custom

  +Songs

  +Jobs

  +Clothes

  +Language

- Vocabulary

  +Environment: Physical space around any location

  +Spatial: Something belongs or related to space

  +Location: Exact position based on longitude, latitude

  +Place: Physical and human characteristic

  +Region: An area with similar physical and human characteristics

  +Geography: The study of people, places and environment

- Geography jobs

  +Urban Planner (work with cartographer)

  +Land Surveyor GPS (Global Positioning Satellites)

  +Location Analyst GIS (Geographic Information System)

  +Climatologist (Irrigation system)

-  5 themes of Geography

  +Human / Environment interaction

  +Movement

  +Region

  +Place

  +Location

-  6 essential elements

  +Spatial Terms

  +Places and regions

  +Physical systems

  +Human systems

  +Uses of Geography

  +Environment and Society