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PLACE WHAT IS A SPECIFIC PLACE LIKE HUMAN? PHYSICAL? HOW DOES WHERE WE ARE SHAPE WHO WE ARE?

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Place. What is a specific place Like Human? Physical? How does where we are shape who we are?. Place. One of the five themes of Geography Unique combination of physical and cultural Attributes Gives each location on earth its individual stamp. PLACE. What is it like there, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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PLACE

WHAT IS A SPECIFIC PLACE LIKE

HUMAN?

PHYSICAL?

HOW DOES WHERE WE ARE SHAPE WHO WE ARE?

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PLACE

• ONE OF THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

• UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES

• GIVES EACH LOCATION ON EARTH ITS INDIVIDUAL STAMP

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PLACE

WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE, WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS IT?

•HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS

• WHAT ARE THE MAIN LANGUAGES, CUSTOMS, AND BELIEFS.

• HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT A PLACE.

•PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• LANDFORMS (MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, ETC.), CLIMATE, VEGITATION, WILDLIFE, SOIL, ETC.

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SITE AND SITUATION

• EVERY PLACE HAS A SITE AND A SITUATION

• SITE: INTERNAL PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A PLACE

• SITUATION: LOCATION OF A PLACE IN RELATION TO THE PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AROUND IT. THE MORE CONNECTED A PLACE IS, THE BETTER ITS SITUATION.

• WHAT ARE THE SITE AND SITUATION CHARACTERISTICS OF ROUND LAKE?

• SITE?

• SITUATION?

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SPACE AND SPATIAL INTERACTION

• SPACE: GEOGRAPHERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT SPACE: ROOMS, COUNTRIES, PARKS, CONTINENTS, CYBERSPACE, RIVERS.

• THE DISTANCE FROM HERE TO THERE

• SPATIAL INTERACTION: HOW DO PLACES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER ACROSS SPACE?

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SPATIAL INTERACTION

• HOW DOES ROUND LAKE’S INTERACTION WITH OTHER PLACES AROUND IT (SITUATION) AFFECT ITS SITE?

• THINK ABOUT LAKES, RIVERS, ROADS, AIRPORTS AND RAILWAYS.

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BASIC GEOGRAPHIC TERMS

• BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY BASIC GEOGRAPHIC TERMS TO DESCRIBE THE SITE AND SITUATION OF A PLACE.

• ARCHIPELAGO, ATOLL, BAY, BUTTE, CANYON, CAPE, CAVE, CAY, CHANNEL, CLIFF, CONTINENT, COVE, DELTA, DESERT, DUNE, ESTUARY, FJORD, GEYSER, GLACIER, GULF, HILL, ISLAND, ISTHMUS, KEY, LAGOON, LAKE, MARSH, MESA, MOUNTAIN, OCEAN, PENINSULA, PLAIN, PLATEAU, PONE, PRAIRIE, RIVER, SEA, SOUND, SOURCE, STRAIT, SWAMP, TRIBUTARY, TUNDRA, VALLEY, VOLCANO, WATERFALL, WETLAND