Google Earth
While this is similar to #1 and #2 in that it facilitates a visual representation of WHERE we are in the world, it deserves its own category.
A common computer application linked to satellite imagery that allows a user to explore the entire planet at the click of a button.
Google Oceans? – Revolutionary.
Bringing the dimensions of the earth into yo.
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GPS
Global Positioning System (GPS).
A part of our daily lives, it speaks for itself.
Spoiler alert: informs most items on this list.
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Housing
Location, location, location.
If you haven’t figured it out by now, geography defines and informs just that.
It’s where you are in the world.
In fact, when it comes to housing, you may have already utilized numbers 1-5 on this list to better understand the features of an area you are choosing to move to.
Will you be living near the ocean, a downtow.
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Maps
We all use them.
Before the advent of the above #1, we had these paper things that had routes, roads, highways (dare I say topographic features?) all accurately drawn.
Nowadays we can use an electronic one that utilizes GPS such as the iPhone map.
Or, for those with nostalgia, the paper one works just fine.
Road atlases, remember?
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Sports Teams
UConn making it to the final four a big deal in your hometown.
How about Seattle Seahawks for the win.
While there are some who support teams who have nothing to do with where we live, many of us tend to root along for the teams that represent our home town, city, state, or region.
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United Parcel Service
Do you use UPS to mail or receive packages.
UPS is the world’s largest package delivery company, delivering millions of parcels a day, to over 200 countries worldwide.
Their efficiency in part can be attributed to the use of the handheld Delivery Information Acquisition Device (DIAD).
These devices are advanced tracking and route planning tools tha.
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Weather and Climate
This is a massive topic where physical geography and earth systems science could be expanded upon, but we’ll keep it simple.
Do you listen to the weather on the radio, look it up online, or watch it on TV.
How about a weather application on your phone.
Well, the daily, weekly and monthly forecasts are surely based on your location.
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What are example of Geograph themes?
Geography Theme:
Movement.
In terms of geography theme, movement refers to interactions between places due to people's movements from one place to another.
Some examples of movement are:From 2019 to 2020 alone, more than 900,000 Syrian people were displaced from their homeland due to civil war, resulting in continuing mass migration. ,
What are the different types of human geography?
What are the different types of regions in human geography.
There are three types of regions:
Formal region.
Functional Region.
Vernacular or perceptual region.
What are examples of regions.
Language, government, or religion can define a region, as can forests, wildlife, or climate.
Regions, large or small, are the basic units of geography. 