Sunday, February 22, 2015

5 Themes

1) Location - Absolute/Relative

There are two different types of location which is absolute and relative. For absolute location, it is talking about your exact location, your exact coordinates in where you are and it always differs. For example, if you were to visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey, your absolute location (in coordinates) would be 39.9383° N, 32.8619° E.

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Relative location differs from absolute location because it is not about the exact location. Relative location is the distance from one place to another. For example, the distance from Ankara, Turkey to Surrey, BC is 9,818 km.




2) Place - Human/Physical Characteristics

Human characteristics is when humans have changed and made an impact in a place. For example, in Ankara, Turkey, they have built the Kocatepe Mosque which is the largest and most notable mosque in the city. If humans have not inhabited Earth or Turkey for instance, the mosque would not have existed.

Kocatepe Mosque, Ankara

Physical characteristics are natural features in a place. Humans have no part in the making of natural features because nature or other elements are the ones that make the feature. For example, Turkey has many mountains such as the Taurus Mountains that are located across southern Turkey and the Anatolian Plateau.

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3) Movement

Movement is an act of changing physical location. In the city of Ankara, Turkey, there are many ways to get around the city using public transportation. For example, people can go on the Kecioren ropeway which connects to the subway stations.

Ankara Sentepe ropeway

People can also go on the subway station that runs throughout the city.




4) Human-Environment Interaction - Adapt/Depend/Modify

In Turkey, the climate is very hot and dry during the summer and rainfall occurs often in the spring and autumn. With this, they adapt to the weather by wearing lighter clothing and having cooling systems in their houses. Because of their location, Turkey can face possible earthquakes so they adapt to that by building earthquake proof buildings and infrastructure and preparing for supplies that are needed.

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Due to the hot climate, Turkey depends on certain things to survive. They depend on water for drinking and growing food and trees such as the Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests which covers most of northern Turkey for trade.

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Turkey has modified its country by cutting down forests to create cities which include houses for people and buildings for services for people, which also provides jobs. The land has been cleared to make roads, farmland, and landscapes.

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5) Region

Turkey has many regions which are the different areas in the country. It includes Central Anatolia and the Marmara region. All of these regions have their own characteristics that differ from each other.

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

1999 İzmit earthquake

The 1999 İzmit earthquake occured in northwestern Turkey on August 17 1999, 3:02a.m local time. The earthquake lasted for 37 seconds and had a magnitude of 7.4. The result of the earthquake left 17,000 people dead and approximately half a million people homeless and the city of Izmit badly damaged. The cause of the earthquake was the Anatolian Plate pushing between the Eurasian Plate and the Arabian Plate. The earthquake occurred along the western portion of the North Anatolian Fault Zone. The earthquake also caused a tsunami in the Sea of Marmara.


Damage from the Izmit earthquake        1999 İzmit earthquake map.svg


The spheres that are involved in this earthquake are the lithosphere, biosphere, and the hydrosphere. The lithosphere is involved because the tectonic plates are moving and colliding with other plates. With this, it results in the movement and damage of houses, buildings, and the landscape so biosphere is also involved. With the movement of the plates, it also caused the ocean to create a tsunami and damage the land, the hydrosphere and biosphere are interacting in this way. The lithosphere interacts with the biosphere and the hydrosphere because it caused changes in both the biosphere and the hydrosphere.



Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Basic Info

Turkey is located in Western Asia; it is located between Europe and Asia. Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armania, Iran, Iraq, and Syria are some of the countries that border Turkey. The Mediterranean Sea lies in the south, the Aegean Sea in the west, and the Black Sea to the north. 



The capital city of Turkey is Ankara. It is 783,562 km2 and has a population of 77,695,904 according to the 2014 census. The type of government they have is a unitary parliamentary and constitutional republic.