Grab an Intro to Human Geography from the tray on the back counter

You will also need a pen and your notes Your notes should be either notebook paper that you will keep together and organized or a notebook spiral

Please start working on #1 ONLY An “elbow partner” is someone sitting so near to you that you could touch elbows without moving out of your chair

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25

Geography is the study of where things are located on Earth’s surface and the why (the reasons) for that location. Asks where? and why? Where are people’s activities located across Earth’s

surface? Why are they located in particular places?

Greek scholar Eratosthenes invented to the term “geography.” “Geo” means Earth; and “Graph” means to write.

GEOGRAPHY

Geographer

Ask where? and why?Organize material

spatiallyRecognize that an

action at one point on Earth can result from something happening at another point, which can consequently affect conditions elsewhere

Historian

Ask when? and why?Organize material

chronologicallyRecognize that an

action at one point in time can result from past actions that can in turn affect future ones

GEOGRAPHER

Human Geography

A social scienceStudies cultural

features, such as language, industries, and cities

Emphasizes the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems

Physical Geography

A physical scienceStudies physical

features, such as climate, soil, and vegetation

Emphasizes the natural world

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope; and/or

The process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.

GLOBALIZATION

Culture: the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitutes a group’s distinct tradition.

Diversity: a range of diff erent things.The existence of a variety of customary beliefs, social

forms, and material traits.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY