GEOG 1001 Chapter : Geog1001
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Geography - study of earth description, earth description . No two places are the same, places are fundamentally different. Physical barriers: mountains and oceans dividing countries and villages. Political: needing a passport to leave/ enter a country. Local to internationals, more people going international. Common for students to live in 2 countries over the course of several jobs. Columbian exchange: tomato is from new world to italy (globalization) National vs. local scale of production: beer- become more local. Music and globalization: artist become internationally recognized. When gas prices were high less people were moving around. Region- territories are the earth"s surface that share some kind of characteristic. Early global exploration or form of global connections: Marco polo: 1200"s traveled around asia and europe. Silk road - trade route between current syria and china 1200s. Ibn battuta:1300s traveled china, south africa, saudi arabia. Mackinder, world island theory argued he who controlled the heart land controls europe (get picture)
