Geography studies why places are located where they are and how humans interact with the environment. It uses maps and other tools to analyze spatial relationships between people, places, and natural features. Understanding geography helps explain international issues and current events by providing context about countries and regions. It is a field that aims to make sense of how the world's political, cultural, and environmental systems are connected across space.

1. Why Do We Study
Geography?
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4. 1. What countries make up Great
Britain?

5. 1. What countries make up Great
Britain?

6. 2. What language do they speak in Great
Britain?

7. English

8. 3. If you met someone from
Amsterdam what nationality would
they be?

9. They would be Dutch

10. 4. What is the world’s tallest
mountain?

11. Mt. Everest in the
Himalaya Mts.

12. Mt. Everest in the
Himalaya Mts.

13. Mt. Everest in the
Himalaya Mts.

14. 5. What are people from Denmark
called?
Danes

15. 6. How many Great Lakes are there?

16. 6. How many Great Lakes are there?Five

17. 7. The English Channel goes between
what two countries?

18. 7. The English Channel goes between
what two countries?
England and France

19. 8. Is there any way to cross the English
Channel besides using a boat?

20. 8. Is there any way to cross the English
Channel besides using a boat?

21. 8. Is there any way to cross the English
Channel besides using a boat?

22. 9. How many oceans are there?

23. 9. How many oceans are there?Five

24. 10. Where is Iraq?

25. 10. Where is Iraq? The Middle East

26. 11. What country would the Panama
Canal be in?

27. 11. What country would the Panama
Canal be in?
Panama

28. 12. The Panama Canal takes you from
where to where?

29. 12. The Panama Canal takes you from
where to where?

30. 13. Where is the Berlin Wall located?

31. 13. Where is the Berlin Wall located?
The city of Berlin in Germany

32. Is the Berlin Wall still there?

37. 14. Where is the Outback?

38. 14. Where is the Outback?

39. Works cited
• Amsterdam: http://www.amsterdam-advisor.com/image-files/map-location-amsterdam-in-the-world.jpg
• Mt. Everest: http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/mount-everest-photo-gallery/#/everest-village_10464_600x450.jpg
http://www.unique-national-parks.com/uploads/-_/RK/-_RKOpoDrkLzURIQmGwHVQ/Location-of-the-Mount-Everest.jpg
• Denmark http://people.cs.aau.dk/~normark/laml-distributions/laml/slides/goerlitz-05/xml-processing-in-
laml/html/graphics/small/europe.gif
• The Great Lakes: https://s3.amazonaws.com/engrade-myfiles/4006581265435668/physical_Geography_of_US.jpg
http://epa.gov/greatlakes/great_lakes.png
• The English Channel: http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/85/100385-004-48FAE223.gif
• The Chunnel http://rememberinghistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/45009493_channel_tunnel_466.gif?w=610
http://intrepidmom.ca/crossing-the-channel/
• Oceans: http://theworldsoceans.com/oceans.jpg
• Iraq: http://www.english-online.at/current_affairs/inside-iraq/map-of-iraq.gif
• Panama Canal: http://mapas.owje.com/img/14632-Mapa-fisico-de-Panama.jpg
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/upload/yuiupload/1549299241.jpg
• Berlin Wall: http://www.appropriatesoftware.com/BerlinWall/Map1.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Location_Germany_EU_Europe.png
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/20070830-585.jpg
• The Outback: http://www.hillmanwonders.com/z_location_map/australia/map_outback.gif
http://www3.jjc.edu/ftp/wdc11/sfranklin/the%20outback.jpg