Room 613 Social Studies Forms

Geography
 

1.     Physical Geography – study of the physical features of the earth- land, water, plants and animals
2.     Human Geography – the study of people- where they live, how they change and how they are influenced by their environment.
 

Geographer’s study:
·        Physical characteristics of a place – where is something located? What is it like?
·        Human Systems- Population (how many people live there,) population density (how crowded,) type of government, religions and type of work.
·        How people interact with their environment (natural surroundings.)
·        Regions- areas with common characteristics
 

GPS – Global Positioning System – Group of satellites used by a receiver to pinpoint an exact location on the earth.
 

GIS – Geographic Information System – special program that allows geographers to learn about a place by combining and overlapping information layers on a computerized map.   Example – Google Earth