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, 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.

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?

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?

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.

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