Six Essential Elements of Geography

natural changes

How things like hurricanes, volcanoes, and glaciers shape and change the earth's surface

Two fields of Geography

Physical and Cultural

region

an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features

Cartography

science or art of making maps

perspective

one way of looking at things

absolute location

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates(latitude and longitude)

immigration

Movement of individuals into a population

relative location

The position of a place in relation to another place you already know

Cultural Geography

The subfield of human geography that looks at how cultures vary over space.

maps (used to ? )

Used to study people, places and environments

landscape

a large area with a particular kind of scenery, such as a desert landscape

human characteristics

geographic features that were made by people

Physical Geography

the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes

Geography

the study of the earth's physical and cultural features

place

uniqueness of a location

cultural ideas

ways of life