Pertaining to gaining, seeking, and organizing power; events related to the functions of government:  making, enforcing, and interpreting laws. (it does not mean individual politics like we see in political campaigns)

Pertaining to gaining, seeking, and organizing power; events related to the functions of government:  making, enforcing, and interpreting laws. (it does not mean individual politics like we see in political campaigns)

Pertaining to the ways that people meet their basic material needs, the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services; includes such issues as domestic and international trade, monetary policy, and taxation.

Pertaining to the ecological concerns of physical geography and the natural environment (and how humans interact with the natural environment).

The study of natural or physical geography

Spatial unifying theme, similar patterns between physical and human geography.

 The relationship between human societies and the natural environment.

Regional Geography

1.  An ancient Greek philosopher who looked at natural processes.  

1. An ancient Greek scholar, believed that places affected the health and character of man and could serve to limit development of human communities (environmental determinism)

German academic who believed all knowledge could be classified logically or physically.  Believed everything must be studied in its proper time (history) and place (geography).  History studies phenomena that follow one another chronologically, geography studies phenomena that are located beside one another.

 An American geographer best known for his work Man and Nature (1864).  Marsh focused on the impact humans had on the natural environment (cultural ecology) and is considered by many to be the “Father” of Human Geography.

1. Developed a more modern disciplined approach to Geography by describing where something was and why it was there. “The Why of Where”

1. Greek scholar who wrote the eight volume Geographia which contained many maps of world landmasses.  He also developed a grid system of measurement that was the forerunner to modern latitude and longitude.

1.  German climatologist and geophysicist who devised Continental Drift Theory by studying the spatial arrangement of land masses using geographical and geological evidence.

1. A Roman investigator who published  a report called Geography to summarize and regularize knowledge of location, place, and differentiation throughout the empire.

An American geographer, coined the term cultural landscape and also central to the discipline of Human Geography.  Everything in the landscape (both physical and human created) is inter-related.

An ancient Greek scholar who correctly calculated the circumference of Earth by measuring the sun’s angles on the summer solstice.

Arab geographer, produced the first accurate maps of the world for the king of Sicily by creating an academy of geographers who compiled information from mariners and travelers and also went on their own scientific explorations.  Unfortunately much of this original work has been lost but a few maps remain.

Blending of things and ideas from all over the world and creation of interactions/interdependence.

Making enough crop to just feed yourself and your family; no selling/trading of crop.

Census data is an example of

The tracking of the cause of a disease in order to find ways to stop its spread

The mapping of the distribution of a disease to find its cause

The cholera outbreak that occurred in 2010 and affected Haiti was caused by

Geography was not often studied in earlier civilizations because

The imprint that humans have on an environment

How both global and local events have an effect on each other

Where something is and why it's there

Horizontal lines on maps are lines of

Vertical lines on maps are lines of

The central horizontal line on a map is called the

The central vertical line on a map is called the

Physical characteristics of a location

An element of contemporary human geography that seeks answers to a wide range of questions, both theoretical and practical. Questions range from the locations of cities, towns, and villages to the siting of a new Whole Foods or wildlife refuge.

The exact location on earth's surface, primarily marked by latitude and longitude or an address. Static, unchanging.

Constantly modified and change over time. Expressed as where something is in relation to something else. Dynamic, always changing.

Relative location of a city specifically

A unique location

A place name

Infusing a place with meaning and emotion

The idea someone has of what a place is like that they have never visited

Contact that two places have

The ease of going to a place

Chronological imprints of occupants, whose impacts are layered one on top of the other, each layer having some impact on the next

The art and science of making maps

Focus on accuracy in showing the absolute location of places, using a coordinate system that allows for the precise plotting of where on Earth something is

Show only natural/physical features, nothing in the cultural landscape

Tell stories showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon.

Oldest map projection, distorted at its poles, used for navigation

Symmetrical and eye pleasing map projection, mostly made for aesthetic purposes

Most correct for placement of landmasses but appears elongated

Map projection that’s a view from poles, can show the shortest distance over poles

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

Which map projection is this?

This map projection is described as…

The ratio of distance on a map compared to the distance on Earth’s surface

Maps in out minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of

Those places we travel to routinely in our rounds of daily activity

Unknown lands that are off limits or unreachable

Thematic maps that help us see trends

Maps that connect points of equal value on a map

Maps that show distribution depicted by dots

Maps that show the amounts of something in an area using representations of amounts as different sizes of symbols

To see info a map is showing, it potentially omits other useful information. For this reason, maps are said to have—

A nongovernmental organization is planning a new international elementary education program. Based on the map shown, which of the following groups of countries would be the best candidates to receive funding?

What type of map is this?

What type of map is this?

What type of map is this?

What type of map is this?

Gathering information and data relating to Earth from a distance

Combine computer hardware and software to show, analyze, and represent geographic data.

Which of the following is NOT a geographic level of analysis?

The Zapatista's were against ______ via the North American Free Trade Agreement

The Central Business District (CBD) is the area of a functional region where most individuals

The suburbs are the area of a functional region where most individuals

The rural areas are the part of a functional region where most individuals

A city's _____ surrounds, serves, and is served by a city

A _______ is defined by a particular set of interrelated activities or interactions that occur within it.

A ________ region is an intellectual construct designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena in human geography.

Perceptual regions are always shown in a

Term that identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle of people, but also their prevailing values and beliefs.

The center of a functional region is called a

A collection of cultures that all exhibit a particular culture trait, but each consists of a discrete combination of traits.

Origin area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse

When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward

A form of expansion diffusion in which nearly all adjacent individuals and places are affected. Person to person.

Pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused. From those who are most connected to those who are least connected.

The spread of a trend or innovation from the bottom of the hierarchy to the top. From a small group to a large group.

Involves the changing of an idea in order to surpass a cultural barrier

McDonalds coming to India is an example of

High fashion is an example of

Fidget spinners are an example of

Walmart is an example of

Soccer is an example of

Distance on a map vs in person

Level of analysis

The further away something is from the hearth, the less affected it will be by the trait

With the movement of people come new ideas

The idea that individual and human behavior is fundamentally affected by, or even controlled by, the physical environment.

The argument that the natural environment merely serves to limit the range of choices available to a culture; the choices that societies make depend on what its members need and on what technology is available to them.

Amount of life land can hold is called

Concerned with culture as a system of adaptation to and alteration of the environment

Concerned with the environmental consequences of dominant political-economic arrangements and assumptions.

Region in which a single trait is shared

Region that consists of a set of interrelated activities

Region that is created from ideas that people develop of places