GEOG 1001 : Exam 1
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Where matters geo + graphy (earth + writing) We can trace in part the idea that my way is the best way to the ancient. Greeks they divided the map of the world into us and them (barbarian: this has historically influenced the 5 motivations above and transformed the world. Colonialism and the end of the cold war. 1/19/2012 10:03:00 pm: the spatial study of natural phenomena, their systems, processes, and structures. Plate tectonics: the surface of the earth is mobile, where the plates come together are numerous earthquakes and volcanoes. Global climates: climatic controls (influences), solar energy incoming energy from the sun (insolation, latitude, land/water interaction, global pressure systems systems of global air pressure, global wind patterns. Global warming/ climate change: caused by human activity, affects plants, animals, greenhouse effect: thermal radiation from planetary surface (stored heat from solar radiation) is absorbed by the atmosphere and re-radiated in all directions, water moisture, geothermal gases.
