Places and the Reason for Their Names and Other Shenanigans

    Today we learned about how locations get their names, and Patrick also gave us some insight. A place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by particular characteristics. A location can be identified by a name, site, and situation. Names are toponyms that derive from people, religion, physical features, ect. Site derives from climate, water, topography, soil, vegetation, and elevation. Situation is the location relative to other places. Region is defined by one or more characteristics spanning political states. A region derives from cultural landscape which is culture, religion, and physical features. Also, we voted to have Patrick teach some of the lesson, and he did a pretty good job. I appreciate Mr. Schick's approach to this, since instead of immediately getting rid of Patrick, he took a vote to see if we still wanted him to teach. We voted yes and continued the class. I feel like we should do this more often.