GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eastern Bloc
13 Oct 2015
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What is geography: broad discipline: physical, human, human-environment, describes the earths surface and examines the processes that give differences from place to place differenciation. Questioning the continents: well-known, cultural as well as political, social, and economic icons, the continents are arbitrary, continents aren"t as objective as they appear, overlook differences within continents, static; constantly changing. 3rd countries that remained non-aligned with either nato, or the communist. Point of compassion: the east" or the rest". Formal regions used to outline governmental, physical, cultural and economic areas. Some familiar examples include, canada, the rocky mountains, the. Functional regions consist of a central place and the surrounding areas that are dependent upon that place, such as a metropolitan area. The increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change (marston et al. , g-5: evident in diverse flows of people. The impact of globalization: creates and requires difference (regionalization, promotes similarity.
