Nature & Perspectives of Geography
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| Human Geography | study of human activities from spatial context
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| All places have... | location, direction and distance w/ respect to other places
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| Places may be... | large or small---scale is important
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| Places have both... | physical structure and cultural content
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| Characteristics of places... | develop and change over time
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| Elements of places | interact with other places
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| Content of places is... | rationally organized
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| Places ma be classified into... | regions w/ similarities & differences
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| Location | postion on Earth's surface
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| Absolute location | exact position of space
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| Longitude and latitude | used to describe a point on earth in reference to degrees, minutes and seconds
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| Relative location | position of place in relation to another place
...conveys interconnection and interdependence b/t different places
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| Site | describes physical and cultural characteristics of location
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| Situation | describes where location is in reference to surrounding features in larger region
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| Scale | relationship b/t size of feature as depicted on a map and the size of feature in actuality
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| Map | 2d rep. of variables on earth's surface
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| Spatial tradition | -Emphasis on movement and location
-Deals w/ shape of land
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| Mental map | an image in one's mind about an area, location or environment
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| General Purpose/references maps | display variety of variables in an area
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| Region | an area w/unifying characteristics
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| Formal region | and area that can be identified by its homogeneous cultural or physical characteristics
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| Functional region | an area in which there is a center from which social or economic activities spread
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| Perceptual region | an area not defined by any set of physical data, but by human conception of the area
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| thematic map | rep. single variable over an area...
-dot, choropleth, isoline, and symbol
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| 4 Traditions of geography | American perspectives
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| Spatial Tradition | -emphasis on movement and location
-deals w/ shape of land
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| Area studies Tradition | -emphasis on region, place and history\
-deals w/ physical and cultural characteristics
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| Man-land tradition | -emphasis on relationship b/t external conditions and human actions
-overlaps w/ Area Studies Tradition
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| Earth Science Tradition | -emphasis on geology
-deals with how physical systems affect humans...hydrological cycle, wind patterns...etc.
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