GEOG 1003 : Test 1
Document Summary
Book: confusion legacy/ evolution of china/ dam6/4/2012 7:36:00 pm. It sweeps the surface of the earth, charting the physical, organic and cultural terrain, their areal differentiation, and their ecological dynamics with humankind. Leonard krishtalka, carnegie museum of natural history, 20th. Century a. d: geography is a representation of the whole known world together with the phenomena which are contained therein. ptolemy, geographia, 2nd century a. d. 5 key themes to geography: location specific location, exact, places unique properties of a place, no two places on the earth are the same, description, movement communication, circulation, migration, and diffusion across the. Earth"s surface: region an area defined by uniform characteristics (ex. American: human-earth relationships human interaction with an environment; resource exploitation, environmental pollution, hazard perception. Differentiation- describe and explain the differences between places. Integration- describe and explain linkages or connections between places. Geography matters: a cautionary tale : maurtious vs. mauritania, president nixon story.
