[GEO 1400] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 12 pages long Study Guide!
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Geographers identify places and explain why activities are found near each others. Historians identify dates and explain why activities follow each other. A geographer"s most important tool is a map. Place and region explain why every place is unique. Place is specific to a point on earth. Region is an area of earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. Scale, space, and connection explain why different places are interrelated. Scale is the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole. Space refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects. Connection refers to relationships among people and objects across the. Geographers in the ancient world barrier of space. Thales of miletus applies principles of geometry to measure land area. Anaximander made an early map based on information from sailors. Pythagoras may have been the first to propose a spherical world. Hecataeus may have produced the first geography book.
