Human Geography
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| What is Human Geography? | The study of how people make places. The spatial expression of Human interaction within the environment.
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| What is globalization? | The interconnectedness of of world, interdependence between countries.
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| What does Geography study? | Why something happens in a spatial perspective. What effect space has on activities. Etc.
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| Spatial Perspective | How something is distributed across space
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| Five themes of geography | Location, Place, Regions, Human Environment, movement
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| Location | How where people and things on the Earth's surface affects what happens and why.
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| Human Environment | How people are affecting the landscape and how the landscape
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| Region | Area with shared characteristics. Ex: Rocky Mountains of North America
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| Place | Abstract space that has been transformed into a noteworthy location due to a set of unique characteristics. Ex: beach, mountains, Hollywood)
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| Movement | Refers to the mobility of people, goods, and ieas across the surface of the planet.
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| Movement depends upon | Distance among, accessibility of and connectivity (communications) amount places.
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| Sequent Occupance | Referes to sucession and its lasting imprint
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| Reference Maps | Show locations of places and geographic features. I.e. road map. ABSOLUTE location.
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| Thematic Maps | Tell a story about the degree of an attribute the pattern of its distribution or its movement. RELATIVE locations. I.e Map of STD concentration
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| Mental Maps | Map in the mind made of place we have been and places we have heard of.
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| GIS | Geographic Information Systems-COllection of computer hardware and software that stores and analyzes layers of spatial data.
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| Remote Sensing - | A method of collecting data about the Earth's surface, not being in contact with earth. i.e. photos from satellites
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| 2 meanings of Scale in Geography | 1. Scale is a distance on a map compared to distance on the Earth.
2. Scale is the territorial extent of something.
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| Scale | Ratio of map distance to earth distance.
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| Small scale - | Shows a large area with few details, like a map of the world. Ex: 1:100,000
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| Large Scale | Shows a small area with LOTS of details, like a map of campus or Manhattan. Ex: 1:24,000
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| Region | An area that shares similar characteristics.
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| Formal Region | Defined by a set of social. political or economic activities or the interactions that occur within it. i.e. school districts, voting regions
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| Perceptual Region | Based on accumulated knowledge about regions and cultures. i.e. the coast, the midwest
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