GEOG 1001 Chapter : GEOG 1001
Document Summary
The etymology of the word geography", the language it derived from and its meaning. The various types of shared characteristics that enable us to define distinct global regions. The definitions of systems, interdependence and change provided in the textbook. What each term refers to, how they are related and how they operate together. The definitions of weather and climate, and the difference between them. The ways by which the earth"s climate system makes places globally interconnected yet locally differentiated, and the example given in the book of manaus and phoenix. The reasons why the current era has been named as the anthropocene. The time of the year when the sun"s rays hit earth most directly and focus the greatest solar energy at the equator, the tropic of cancer and the tropic of. The causes of the itcz, and the directions it moves throughout the year. The main characteristics of these climate zones identified in the textbook:,
