GEOG 5: Lecture 1 and 2

What are the 3 overlapping domains in Geography?

• Physical geography

• Human geography

• Economics

• Demography

• Geographic Information techniques

There are three scholarly traditions in Geography: Literary, mathematical and

What were 4 motivations in the early history of geography?

• Land survey and agricuture

• Trade

• Astronomy

• Cholera

• Military activity

The systematic approach to geography which consists of studying systems happening across different places can be considered as a

• Scientific approach

• Arts approach

Entities are static (unchanging) phenomena. They can be masses/fields and

Select what best describes masses/fields (including examples)

• Uncountable

• Water, soil, air, sand

• Mountains, cities, buildings

• Unbounded

Dynamic phenomena are occurrences and fundamentally change over time

• True

• False

Dynamic phemonena includes processes and

Migration and erosion are processes because they have temporal boundaries (a beginning and an end). They can also be counted

• True

• False

Which are spatial distribution concepts?

• Pattern and dispersion

• Site and situation

• Density and covariation

• Absolute/relative location

• Distance and time