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Geography Basics: What Is Geography?

13 minutes 25 seconds

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People walk along the outside of a one-story building. Caption. Describe what is different about an area.

Surveys the five themes of geography: location--where things and people are; place--characteristics of an area; relationships within a place--roads, structures, etc.; movement--people moving from place to place; and regions--areas where people share cultural similarities, climate, and landforms. Highlights the interaction of culture and geography.

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