Starter quiz
- Geography is the study of ...
- the Earth's peoples.
- the Earth's places.
- the Earth's environments.
- the Earth’s landscapes, people, places and environments. ✓
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- Match each category of geography to its correct definition.
- human geography⇔deals with people and where and how they live ✓
- physical geography⇔deals with natural features and landscapes ✓
- environmental geography⇔deals with relationships between people and the environment ✓
- Knowing where places, countries and cities are in the world is ...
- locational knowledge. ✓
- positional knowledge.
- situational knowledge.
- connected knowledge.
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- What do we use to help us locate places geographically?
- maps, globes and atlases ✓
- photographs
- graphs
- sketches
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- An ______ is a book of maps of the world that show the locations of places and features at global or national scale.
- 'atlas' ✓
- An environment is ...
- all living things and non-living things in a place. ✓
- only living things like plants and animals.
- only buildings and other human-made structures.
- only landforms and physical landscapes.
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Exit quiz
This image shows ...- a human landscape.
- physical geography features. ✓
- both human and physical geography features.
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What type of geographical features does this image show?- physical features
- human features
- both human and physical features ✓
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- Put these letters in the right order to help you answer the following question: what type of geography is the study of how societies, cultures and economies differ around the world?
- 1⇔H
- 2⇔U
- 3⇔M
- 4⇔A
- 5⇔N
- Environmental geography studies the relationships ...
- between people in different countries.
- between people and the environment. ✓
- between different types of physical features.
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- Volcanoes and weather are examples of ...
- human geography.
- physical geography. ✓
- environmental geography.
- all of the above.
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- Farming is one example of ...
- both physical and human geography.
- both physical and environmental geography.
- both human and environmental geography. ✓
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Key learning points
- Geography is the study of places around the world and the relationships between people and their environments.
- Physical geography is the study of the Earth's natural features and processes.
- Human geography is the study of how societies, cultures and economies differ around the world.
- Environmental geography studies the relationships between people and the environment.
Common misconception
Geography is learning about the natural world.
Geography has many different aspects and includes learning about the natural world and learning about society.
Keywords
Locational knowledge - Locational knowledge is knowledge which is about places and the features within those locations.
Physical geography - Physical geography is the study of the natural world, for example landforms such as rivers and coastlines.
Environmental geography - Environmental geography is the study of the human impact on the natural environment.
Human geography - Human geography is the study of societities, cultures and economies.
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