Place refers to both the physical and human characteristics that define a location. Physical characteristics include natural features like mountains, rivers, and wildlife. Human characteristics are things like roads and buildings that people create to change the environment. Our mental images of places are based on both intellectual and emotional experiences.

1. THE BASICS OF GEOGRAPHY : Place

2. DEFINITION Place refers to both the human and the physical characteristics of a location The Basics of Geography : Place

3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Physical characteristics might include mountains, rivers, soil, beaches, wildlife, etc. The Basics of Geography : Place

4. HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS Human characteristics result in the ideas and actions of people that change the environment, e.g. roads, buildings, etc. The Basics of Geography : Place

5. MENTAL IMAGES The images we create about a place are based on experience, both intellectual and emotional The Basics of Geography : Place

6. ASSIGNMENT Describe in a sentence or two what you think the physical geography of following places is like: Your neighborhood Your hometown Your home country Describe in a sentence or two how the environment of your hometown was altered by humans. The Basics of Geography : Place