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CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE: Introduction to Human Geography

LEARNING OBJECTIVESAfter studying Chapter 1, you should be able to:

1. Explain what human geography is.2. Discuss geographic questions.3. Explain why geographers use maps, and what maps tell us.4. Explain why geographers are concerned with scale and connectedness.5. Describe geographic concepts and explain how they are used in answering geographic

questions.

Introduction (De Blij, pp. 1-4)1. According to the text, how many people are malnourished in the world?

2. World Hunger - Use figure 1.2 in your textbook to prepare a sketch map which shows which countries had an undernourished population greater than 20% in 2012. Include a key.

Define human geography:

2. Define globalization:

3. Based on figure 1.2, what patterns do we notice in terms of global malnourishment?

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4. What are considered to be the major causes of malnourishment in the world?

5. How has globalization hindered the nation of Kenya?

8. World GDP - Use figure 1.3 in your textbook to prepare a sketch map which shows the countries with the highest and those countries with low or lowest per capita gross national income in 2012. Most geographers refer to GDP as a measurement of the overall wealth of a country. Use a variety of colors and include a key.

9. Based on figure 1.3, what patterns do we notice in terms of per capita gross national income?

Objective 1: Explain what human geography is. (De Blij, pp. 4-5)1. Define human geography.

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2. Define and explain the significance of globalization.Objective 2: Discuss geographic questions. (De Blij, pp. 5-11)

1. Distinguish human geography from physical geography.

2. In what ways did Dr. Snow use medical geography in order to discover the route cause of cholera outbreaks in London, England?

3. Provide details into how Cholera affected each of the following areas.

London, England 1854

Peru

Haiti

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4. As you read pgs. 8-10, complete the table below with the 5 Themes of Geography, include specific examples or applications of each.

DEFINITION EXAMPLES/APPLICATIONS

LOCATION

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

REGION

PLACE

MOVEMENT

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A HELPFUL ACRONYM THAT THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY CREATE IS MR. LIP

M = MOVEMENT L = LOCATIONR = REGION I = INTERACTION

P = PLACE

5. Distinguish what is meant by our sense of place from our perception of places.

6. Definea. Spatial

b. Spatial distribution

c. Pattern

d. Pandemic

e. Epidemic

f. Spatial perspective

g. Spatial interaction

h. Landscape

i. Cultural landscape

j. Sequent occupance

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Objective 3: Explain why geographers use maps, and what maps tell us. (De Blij, pp. 11-17)

1. Define cartography:

3. Explain the primary difference between a reference map & a thematic map. Do your best to provide an example of each.

REFERENCE MAP THEMATIC MAP

4. In your own words, how would you describe the difference between Absolute & Relative locations? Provide an example to support your claims.

5. Complete the following regarding a Global Positioning System (GPS) & Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

G P SElements/components… Uses/implementation…

G I SElements/components… Uses/implementation…

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1. Identify, and if applicable, describe and explain the significance ofa. GPS

b. Mental maps

c. Activity spaces

d. Generalized maps

e. Remote sensing

f. GIS

Objective 4: Explain why geographers are concerned with scale and connectedness. (De Blij, pp. 18-26)

1. What two meanings does scale have in geography and which meaning is used in our text? Why would we want to use different scales?

2. Complete the chart below which details types of regions identified by geographers.

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FORMAL REGION FUNCTIONAL REGION PERCEPTUAL REGIONDe

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3. Perceptual Regions of the USA - Use figure 1.20 in your textbook to prepare a sketch map which shows the various perceptual regions of the USA. Use a variety of colors (note there may be some overlapping of colors) and include a key. Ignore Hawaii & Alaska.

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4. Define, and if applicable, describe and explain the significance ofa. Perceptual region

b. Culture

c. Cultural trait (give example)

d. Culture complex (give example)

e. Cultural hearth (give example)

f. Independent invention

g. Cultural diffusion

h. Time-distance decay

i. Cultural barriers

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5. Diffusion is defined as the process by which a characteristic spreads across space. With regard to diffusion, define and, where possible, give an example of each of the following.

T Y P E S O F D I F F U S I O N

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contagious diffusion

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Objective 5: Describe geographic concepts and explain how they are used in answering geographic questions. (De Blij, pp. 26-28)

1. Define, describe and explain the significance ofa. Environmental determinism

i. Challenges/arguments against environmental determinism

b. Possibilism

i. Challenges/arguments against possibilism

c. Cultural ecology

d. Political ecology

Objective 6: Maps (De Blij, Appendix A online)

1. According to the textbook, what are 3 fundamental properties of all maps?a.

b.

c.

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2. Define scale.

3. What do you feel is the advantage of a map which shows only a small portion of the earth’s surface – like a neighborhood - that is, a large-scale map?

4. What advantage does a map which shows the entire globe, a small-scale map, have?

5. A map with a scale of 1/10,000 or 1:10,000 may be a zoomed in area/section of a city and is known to be a ____________ scale map (large or small).

6. A map with a scale of 1/10,000,000 or 1:10,000,000 may be an overhead view of an entire US State/or country and is known to be a ____________ scale map (large or small).

7. When geographers convert the round earth to a flat map, they use a projection. All projections have some distortion (only a globe has none). List the four things that typically become distorted in various projections.

a. c.

b. d.

8. Lines of latitude are known as _______________________, while lines of longitude are known as _______________________________.

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9. Two important projections are the Mercator and the Robinson. Complete the table below to compare their advantages and disadvantages.

ROBINSON MERCATOR

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● SYMBOLS ON MAPS

10. According to the textbook, what are some common examples of symbols used on maps or atlases?

11. _________________________________ are used to show individual features or places.

12. A ______________________ shows spatial distribution.

13. According to the map of Washington D.C. on A-8, what purpose do the dot symbols serve on this map. What do they communicate to us?

14. Line symbols on maps include (List all):

15. What are isolines?

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