ChCH. 1 Geography Montgomery ISD.ppt

Ch. 1 Geography Notes What is Geography? Geography is the study of Earth. Geographers study how a place looks, what weather patterns the place has, and how people interact with the place Types of landforms Hills Mountains plateaus What is Geography? Earth’s surface is made up of many plates, and huge slabs of land that float on liquid rock. It creates land forms and shapes the earth’s surface This movement is called plate tectonics. What is Geography? Climate Average weather a place has over many years Based on temperature and rainfall Determines the kind of vegetation an area has Plant life that grows in an area What is Geography? People Physical traits of a place affect the people living in it How they dress, what they eat… Different Cultures Customs, ideas, beliefs, and skills Why do geographers study places? They want to learn what happened in the past – to see how a place got to be the way it is. They also hope to see what might happen to a place in the future. Five Themes of Geography Location Where a place is Absolute location Relative location Five Themes of Geography Place What a place is like Physical characteristics Human characteristics Five Themes of Geography Interactions of humans and environment How people and places affect each other Impact of environment on people Impact of People on the environment Five Themes of Geography Movement Transfer of people or culture from one place to another Transportation communication Five Themes of Geography Region Different places with similar traits Physical region Cultural region Tools of the Trade Globe sphere with image of Earth printed on it Physical Map Show landforms and bodies of water Political map Shows boundaries of countries or states and location of cities The Four Regions of Texas Texas is the second largest state in the U.S. Most of Texas has hot summers and mild winters Texas sometimes has droughts. Long periods of no rain The Four Regions of Texas The Coastal Plains Most highly