Created by Manuel Mendoza Thinking Geographically: Key Issue 1 What Is Human Geography? De Blij pp. 1-9 1. According to the text, how many people are malnourished in the world? 2. World Hunger - Use the map on page 2-3 in your textbook to prepare a sketch map which shows the % of undernourished population by country in 2011. Use a variety of colors and include a key. Define human geography: 2. Define globalization: 3. Based on the map above, what patterns do we notice in terms of global malnourishment? 4. What are considered to be the major causes of malnourishment in the world? 5. How has globalization hindered the nation of Kenya? 6. Define human geography: 7. Define globalization:
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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue1WhatIsHumanGeography?DeBlijpp.1-91.Accordingtothetext,howmanypeoplearemalnourishedintheworld?
2.WorldHunger-Usethemaponpage2-3inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthe%ofundernourishedpopulationbycountryin2011.Useavarietyofcolorsandincludeakey.
Definehumangeography:2.Defineglobalization:3.Basedonthemapabove,whatpatternsdowenoticeintermsofglobalmalnourishment?4.Whatareconsideredtobethemajorcausesofmalnourishmentintheworld?5.HowhasglobalizationhinderedthenationofKenya?6.Definehumangeography:7.Defineglobalization:
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8.WorldGDP-Usethemaponpage4-5inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthepercapitagrossnationalincomein2009.MostgeographersrefertoGDPasameasurementoftheoverallwealthofacountry.Useavarietyofcolorsandincludeakey.
ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue2WhatIsaregeographicquestions?DeBlijpp.9-151.Definephysicalgeography:2.Definemedicalgeography:3.InwhatwaysdidDr.SnowusemedicalgeographyinordertodiscovertheroutecauseofcholeraoutbreaksinLondon,England?
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5. Use the map on pg. 10 in order to determine the rate of Cholera cases by population in Haiti in 2010. Be sure to use 4 different colors & include a key.
4.ProvidedetailsintohowCholeraaffectedeachofthefollowingareas.
London,England
1854
Peru
Haiti
●SPATIALPERSPECTIVE6.Howwouldyouexplainspatialperspective?
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7.Asyoureadpgs.11-13,completethetablebelowwiththe5ThemesofGeography,includespecificexamplesorapplicationsofeach. DEFINITION EXAMPLES/APPLICATIONS
LOCATION
HUMANENVIRONMENTINTERACTIONS
REGION
PLACE
MOVEMENT
NOTE!!!AHELPFULACRONYMTHATTHE5THEMESOFGEOGRAPHYCREATEISMR.LIPM=MOVEMENTR=REGIONL=LOCATIONI=INTERACTIONP=PLACE
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●CULTURALLANDSCAPE8.Geographersusetheterm_______________________torefertothe_________________________
ofaplace,thecomplex____________________________,humanstructures,andothertangibleobjects
thatgiveaplaceparticular_______________.
9.TheCulturalLandscapecanbeseenasthe______________________________________________
onthelandscape.
10.Completethefollowingregardingasequentoccupance.
SequentOccupanceElements/components/explanation… Modern-dayexample
ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue3Whydogeographersusemaps,andwhatdomapstellus?DeBlij,pp.15-22
1.Definecartography:
2.Accordingtothetext,listsomeofthepracticalusesmapsareusedfor:
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
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3.Determinetheprimarydifferencebetweenareferencemap&athematicmap.Doyourbesttoprovideanexampleofeach.
REFERENCEMAP THEMATICMAP
4.Inyourownwords,howwouldyoudescribethedifferencebetweenAbsolute&Relativelocations?Provideanexampletosupportyourclaims.5.CompletethefollowingregardingaGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)&GeographicInformationSystems(GIS)
GPSElements/components… Uses/implementation…
GISElements/components… Uses/implementation…
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6a.Defineremotesensing:6b.Listseveralthingsthatgeographerscanmapusingremotelysenseddata.ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue4Whyaregeographersconcernedwithscaleandconnectedness?DeBlij,pp.23-32
1.Completethechartbelowwhichdetailstypesofregionsidentifiedbygeographers. FORMALREGION FUNCTIONALREGION PERCEPTUALREGION
Defin
ition
Exam
ple(s)
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2.PerceptualRegionsoftheUSA-Usethemaponpage27inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthevariousperceptualregionsoftheUSA.Useavarietyofcolors(notetheremaybesomeoverlappingofcolors)andincludeakey.IgnoreHawaii&Alaska.●CULTURAL3.Defineculture:4.Defineculturaltrait:4b.Giveanexample:5.Defineculturecomplex:5b.Giveanexample6.Defineculturalhearth:
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6b.Giveanexample7.Describethephenomenonknownasdistance-decay.8.Diffusionisdefinedastheprocessbywhichacharacteristicspreadsacrossspace.Withregardtodiffusion,defineand,wherepossible,giveanexampleofeachofthefollowing.
TYPESOFDIFFUSION
hearth
relocationdiffusion
Expansiondiffusion
hierarchicaldiffusion
contagiousdiffusion
stimulusdiffusion
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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue5Whataregeographicconcepts,andhowtheyareusedinansweringgeographicquestions?DeBlij,pp.32-34
Verycarefullydefinethefollowingterms:
1.CulturalEcology2.EnvironmentalDeterminism2b.Challenges/ArgumentsagainstEnvironmentalDeterminism
3.Possiblism3b.Challenges/ArgumentsagainstPossibilism
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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue6MapsDeBlij,pp.AppendixApg.A-1toA-9
1.Accordingtothetextbook,whatare3fundamentalpropertiesofallmaps?
a.b.c.
2.Definescale:3.Whatdoyoufeelistheadvantageofamapwhichshowsonlyasmallportionoftheearth’ssurface–likeaneighborhood-thatis,alarge-scalemap?3b.Whatadvantagedoesamapwhichshowstheentireglobe,asmall-scalemap,have?4.Amapwithascaleof1/10,000or1:10,000maybeazoomedinarea/sectionofacityandisknowntobea____________scalemap(largeorsmall).5.Amapwithascaleof1/10,000,000or1:10,000,000maybeanoverheadviewofanentireUSState/orcountryandisknowntobea____________scalemap(largeorsmall).●MAPPROJECTIONS6.Whengeographersconverttheroundearthtoaflatmap,theyuseaprojection.Allprojectionshavesomedistortion(onlyaglobehasnone).Listthefourthingsthattypicallybecomedistortedinvariousprojections.a. Shapeofanarea c. Relativesizemaybealtered
b. Distancebetween2points d. Directionfromoneplacetoanother
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7.Linesoflatitudeareknownas_______________________,whilelinesoflongitudeareknownas_______________________________.8.TwoimportantprojectionsaretheMercatorandtheRobinson.Completethetablebelowtocomparetheiradvantagesanddisadvantages. ROBINSON MERCATOR
Advantages
Disadv
antages
●SYMBOLSONMAPS9.Accordingtothetextbook,whataresomecommonexamplesofsymbolsusedonmapsoratlases?10._________________________________areusedtoshowindividualfeaturesorplaces.11.A______________________showsspatialdistribution11b.AccordingtothemapofWashingtonD.C.onA-8,whatpurposedothedotsymbolsserveonthismap.Whatdotheycommunicatetous?12.Linesymbolsonmapsinclude(Listall):13.Whatareisolines?
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