New Unit

Today in class we talked about what we were going to be doing in the new unit for Human Geography!!!

• How do geographers describe where things are?
• Why is each point on Earth unique?
• Why are different places similar?
• Why re some human actions not sustainable?
• 1.1.1: Explain different maps and contemporary maps.
• 1.1.2: Describe the role of map scale and projections and making maps. cartography.
• 1.1.3: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on Earth's surface
• Geography is the study of where things are found on Earth's surface and the reasons for the locations
• Human geographers ask two simple questions.....
• Where are people and activities found on Earth?
• Why are the found there?
• A map is a two-dimensional of flat-scale model of Earth's surface, or a portion of it 
• Cartography is the science of map making 
• Maps serve two purposes....
• As a reference tool to identify an objects absolute and relative location. 
• As a communications tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features
• Early maps were reference tools- simple navigation devices to show aa traveler how to get from point A to point B