Question

1. a. Define What is geography?

b. Explain Why is geography considered a science?
2. a. Identify What is a region? Give two examples.
b. Elaborate What global issues do
geographers study?
3. Summarize Draw two ovals like the ones shown here.
Use your notes to fill the ovals with information about
geography and geographers.
What
Geography is
What
Geographers
Study

Answer 1

1. a. Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

b. Geography encompasses both natural science and social science as it examines people and their environment and serves as a bridge between the physical and cultural worlds.

2.a. Regions, large or small, are the basic units of geography. Language, government, or religion can define a region, as can forests, wildlife, or climate.

b.They also examine political or cultural structures and study the physical and human geographic characteristics of regions ranging in scale from local to global.

3. (you should collect the data above and draw your notes as it will count as yours and not mine.)