Unit 1
Geography and Its Nature
What We Will Learn this Unit
UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY AND ITS NATURE
Geography as a field of inquiry
A. Major geographical concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, scale, pattern, nature and society, regionalization, globalization, and gender issues.
B. Key geographical skills
D. Sources of geographical information and ideas: the field, census data, online data, aerial photography, and satellite imagery
E. Identification of major world regions
UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY AND ITS NATURE
Geography as a field of inquiry
A. Major geographical concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, scale, pattern, nature and society, regionalization, globalization, and gender issues.
B. Key geographical skills
- How to use and think about maps and geospatial data
- How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
- How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
- How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
- How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places
D. Sources of geographical information and ideas: the field, census data, online data, aerial photography, and satellite imagery
E. Identification of major world regions
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KAPLAN: IF YOU ONLY LEARN 5 THINGS FROM THIS UNIT
- The Greeks were the first society to introduce geography as a subject. Eratosthenes is credited with being the first person to use the term geography, geo meaning "Earth" and graphy "to write."
- The five themes of geography allow geographers to make each place unique (location) and link them together (region). Humans alter the environment to meet their needs (human-environment interaction).
- Diffusion is the spread or movement of a principle or phenomenon. Relocation, expansion, contagious, stimulus, and hierarchical diffusion are means by which an idea or phenomenon spreads.
- There are three types of regions: formal, functional, and perceptual or vernacular.
- There are three main aspects of distribution: density, concentration, and patterns. All are used to assist in determining spatial characteristics on the landscape.
Unit 1 Book
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Chapter 1 Part 3 |
Unit 1 Book PowerPoint
Unit 1 Book PowerPoint |
Class PowerPoints and Notes
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Homework and Classwork
Unit 1 Homework |
Its a Flat World Article - Day 3
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RESPONSE QUESTIONS
- What does Friedman mean by a “flat” world?
- Has the world really gotten FLATTER? If so, how?
- Of all the “flattening” events that Friedman describes, explore in detail the THREE that you think are most important.
MAPS THAT TELL A STORY Warm Up:
With a partner look at the PowerPoint below titled “19 Maps that Tell a Story” pick 2 maps and explain what conclusions you can draw from your chosen maps.
19 Maps that Tell a Story |
SITE AND SITUATION ACTIVITY
Task:You are going to show/explain the Site & Situation of 3 or 4 cities around the world using Google Earth/Maps/Images. You can compile your cites with the site and situation information on a word, google doc, etc. Create a new page or slide with the following information for each city. You must have 1 city per person in your group from around the world. For each city you must include: - an images that displays site or situation for your city - a minimum of 3 points about its site - a minimum of 3 points about its situation, - references of where you have obtained your information if using an outside source (url addresses etc) Assignments should save and share your activity with Mr. Sichak on google drive at [email protected] |
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POSSIBILISM VS. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM
Assignment: (use piece of notebook paper)
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Extra Help
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Geospatial Revolution
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Unit 1 Practice Test.pdf |