1. IntroductiontoGeography

2. • Geography – The study of the earth
• World population – 7.2 billion

3. Perspective – how we view things
• Secular geography
– Word developed by “accident” called evolution

4. • Christian Perspective
– Uses the Bible
– “…thou hast made
heaven, the heaven of
heavens, with all their
host, the earth, and all
things that are therein,
the seas, and all that is
therein, and thou
presevest them all…”
Nehemiah 9:6

5. Grand Canyon

7. Continents from LARGEST to smallest
1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. South America
5. Antarctica
6. Europe
7. Australia

9. Oceans from LARGEST to smallest
1. Pacific Ocean
– Deepest
– Contains the Mariana Trench (the deepest point
on earth)

12. 2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
– Warmest ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
– Coldest ocean
– Most shallow

13. Latitude and Longitude

15. LATITUDE
• Measure distance
north or south of
equator

16. • Equator divides earth into 2 hemispheres:
Northern and Southern Hemispheres

18. LONGITUDE
• Also called Meridians
• Measure distance east or west of the Prime
Meridian

20. • The Prime Meridian divides the earth into
Eastern and Western Hemispheres

21. • International Date Line
– Helps determine time

23. Landforms
1. Mountains
– Have peak and steep, sloping sides

25. 2. Hills
– Rounded tops

27. 3. Plateaus
– Broad, flat tops with canyons cutting through
them

28. 4. Mesa
– Flat tops, but smaller than plateau
– Spanish for “table”

29. 5. Buttes
– Like a mesa, but are smaller

31. 6. Valleys
– Have rivers or streams running through them

32. 7. Plains
– Flat, rolling lands
– Good for growing crops

33. 8. Delta
– Triangular shaped landform where a river fans
out into smaller streams

34. 9. Peninsulas
– Extensions of land with water on three sides

36. 10. Island
– Water completely surrounds it

37. 11. Isthmus
– Narrow strip of land connecting landmasses

38. Hydrologic Cycle
• Movement of moisture from oceans to the
land and back to the oceans