GEOG 151 Lecture 1: GEOG 151
4 Nov 2021
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Geo means earth ad graphia means description or depiction. Geography is the study of where things are located on earth"s surface and the reasons for the location. Location, distance, direction, pattern, shape, and arrangement. Places are particular points on the environmental stage where the action occurs. Relationship between physical environment characteristics and human characteristics. Place is space endowed with physical and human meaning. Geography is concerned with understanding the relationships between people, places, and environments. Where? (location and distribution of people and activities) Why are places different? (culture and regions) Why are places similar? (spatial interaction and diffusion) Cultures, resources, capital, spatial organization, & territoriality. Geography is concerned with understanding the relationship between. In this course we will take a ____ approach to learn geography. The tangible partitioning of space within which different processes operate . How and why things vary or are distributed over space. More people alive than at any other time.
