1.1 How Geographers View the World Anticipation Guide

2. Geography emphasizes the spatial features of the world.

Absolute location uses cardinal directions to describe where it is compared to another place

7. We use addresses and latitude and longitude lines to describe a relative location.

You are not expected to remember the five themes of geography.

3. A place is a location on Earth that has special meaning for a person or group of people

6. Geography is also divided into five essential elements.

The 5 themes of geography are place, location, region, movement & human-environment interaction

9. Lines of latitude are vertical and parallel.

The study of geography is the study of the names of countries and their capitals

4. The Earth is static and unchanging.

12. Maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams are used by geographers to analyze elements of geography

11. The correct way to name a location is to state the latitude then longitude.

10. The Prime Meridian is an important line of longitude- measures 0 degrees longitude