GEO 106- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 100 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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5:40 pm: mountains, hills, valleys, earth, climate, environments, grass. Streets: geography is the study of the spatial phenomenon of our physical environment and the reciprocal. *you cant study geography without knowing what happened in the past. Geographies through the ages : understanding historical dates a. ) 19th century = 1800- 1899 19th century is the years prior: what does ca. )canadian 624 to canadian 545, british columbia b. )624 to 545 before christ, in canada c. )circa 624 to circa 545, before christ: circa= ca. = latin word; means "about: b. c. = before christ, a. d. = anno domini "year of god"= birth of jesus, historical dates use a christian based calendar. Friedrich ratzel: environmental sensitivity, people and modern technology causing environmental changes, depletion, destruction, inefficiency, two perspectives (schools of thought): Environmental determinism view that the physical environment determines human constraints => and hence shape human culture. Suggests in the face of overconsumption, humans will always overcome the limitation in earth.
