Geography and History Chapter 1

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Geography and HistoryChapter 1
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I. Five Themes of Geography

• Location
• Relative
• Absolute
• Place
• Interaction
• Movement
• Region
• Why do we use the 5 themes of geography?

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Five Themes Review- Identify the themes you see
in the paragraph below.

• The village of Saquarri is located in
  Northcentral Chile. The foothills of the Andes
  Mountains surround much of Saquarri along with a
  river to the East. Many of the people who live
  here make their living by farming as well as
  fishing. Because of its location, most products
  are brought into Saquarri by way of water. The
  water can also be used for irrigation. The
  people here speak Spanish, which is widely spoken
  throughout much of South America.

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II. Land, Water, and Climate
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Landforms

• Mountains
• Hills
• Plateaus
• Plains

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The Earth is Changing!!!

• Tectonic Plates
• Pangaea
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes

• Erosion
• Wind
• Water
• Ice

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Water Ways

• Oceans
• Lakes
• Rivers
• Streams

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Climate Zones

• Tropical
• near equator
• Temperate
• Our area
• Polar
• near poles

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III. Natural Resources

• Kinds
• Renewable
• more can be produced
• Nonrenewable
• once its gone, its gone

• How they have affected history
• gold rush
• desire for spices led to discovery of new land
• haves vs. have nots have caused wars

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IV. Legends
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The Iceman
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V. Archaeology- the study of artifacts from the
past

• Pompeii
• Rosetta Stone
• King Tuts Tomb
• Pyramids
• Arrow head
• Ship

• Carbon 14 Dating
• Kinds of Tools
• Stone
• Bronze
• Iron
• How they survived
• Food gatherers
• Food producers

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Artifacts
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The Leakeys- Fossil hunters

• Paleontologists- people who study fossils to
  learn about past life
• Fossil- imprint or remains of a human, animal,
  plant.
• Fossilization
• Identify the fossil
• Will a fossil form?