Geography Unit One - Gr 9

Defenition of location

Position of something on the Earth’s surface. Better if more specific like, like street address, latitude, and longitude.

Place

Physical Characteristics (things that occur naturally.) Human characteristics (things that changed due to people.)

H/E interaction

1. We depend on the environment

2. We adapt to the environment

3. We modify the environment.

Movement

The movement of people and/or ideas.

Region

How regions change and how one region is different from another.

Describe this image using Location, Place, region, Movement, H/E interaction

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Describe this image using Location, Place, region, Movement, H/E interaction

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Where is this

Alberta

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Saskatchwan

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Manitoba

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Yukon

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Northwest territories

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Nunavut

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Qubec

The order of a compass

N E S W

What is the equator

Divides the globe into 2 halves, north to south.

What is the prime meridian

The line that divides the earth east to south.

What is where?

Identify where on Earth this place or event is occurring. Exact coordinates or general area. Mention well-known areas near the incident site. ex. The Great Lakes are a system of 5 freshwater lakes along the

southern border of Ontario, Canada and USA.

Why there?

Identify and explain what is occurring naturally at this

location.

Define - Why care?

Explain how natural and human features combine to make this

place/event unique or important. Explain why the place is important.

Use spacial significance to describe this image.

--STEP 1: Identify where on earth

this place or event is occurring

STEP 2: Identify what is occurring

naturally at this location.

STEP 3: Identify important

human activities occurring at

this location

STEP 4: Explain why it is

important to know what is going

on at this location.

What does peep stand for?

People, Economic, Environmental, and Political

Definition of People in PEEP.

how the lives of the people are impacted -such as health,culture and community

Definition of Economic in PEEP.

impact on economic growth, jobs imports/exports, industries, stock markets, salaries, profits etc. 

Environmental in Peep definition

how an issue will affect the ecosystem of an area.

Political in Peep Definition

how an issue affects the actions taken and decisions made by governments officials. 

Stakeholder meaning in Peep.

A person or group of people that have a connection or say in an issue. They will be directly impacted.

What is a interrelationship?

A relationship between different features or groups of features seen from patterns or trends.

What are the different types of interrelationships?

Human + Human

Human + Natural

Natural + Natural

Natural + Human

Describe the interrelationship?

What is a pattren in geographic thinking

Observation made over an area.

What type of pattren is each of these groups.

Dispersed, concentrated, clustred.

What type of pattren is each box showing.

Liner, outlier, absent

Identify 2 patterns on this map.

Describe 2 pattrens in this map

What is a trend?

A observation made over time.

What kind of trend is in each box?

Increasing, decreasing, static

What kind of trend is in each box?

Fluctuation, unpredictable.

What are the 5 themes of geograohy.

Movement, region, h/e interactions, Location