Thursday, September 2, 2010

Study Guide =]

Here are things we have learned in class:

 -Geography: We study about people, places and environment. 
 -Culture: The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group, organization or country.
 -Map: A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
 +Political (Countries)
 +Physical (Physical feature)
 +Thematic (Population, climate, ...)
 -5 themes of geography:
 +Human/environment interaction: Humans and the environment adapt to one and other.
 +Location: Exact position based on long/latitude.
 +Place: Physical and human characteristics of an area.
 + Movement: Movement of ideas, human, goods.
 +Region: An area with similar physical and human.
 -6 essential elements:
 +The world in spatial terms
 +Places and regions
 +Phusical systems
 +Human systems
 +Environment and society
 +The used of geography
 -Jobs and Tools:
   *Jobs:
 +Land surveyor
 +Location analyst
 +Urban plamer
 +Climatologist
 +Cartographer
   *Tools:
 +GPS
 +GIS
 +Remote sensing
 +Compass
 +Irrigation system

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