Unit 1: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Objectives:
- Define geography, human geography.
- Distinguish between different types of maps and mapped information and provide strengths and limitations of each.
- Compare and contrast formal, functional, and perceptual regions.
- Review some of the applications of remote sensing, GPS and GIS.
- Contrast the concepts of place and space.
- Distinguish between spatial variation and spatial association.
- Identify different types of diffusion.
- Explain the relationship between globalization, spatial interaction, and time-space convergence.
- Review the different scales use in geographical research.
Assignments and Documents
Reading: Chapter 1 Read all of Chapter 1 (Sections 1, 2 ,3, 4)
Unit 1 Notes (Google Slides)
Spatial Interaction, Time Space Convergence, Diffusion
Intro Video
911 Activity Video
Test Study Guide
Globalization Articles
Article 1 (One Culture)
Article 2 (A Culture Killer)
Article 3 (Modern World)
Article 4 (Globalization and Media)
More Readings:
Spatial Interaction
Time Space Convergence
Reading: Chapter 1 Read all of Chapter 1 (Sections 1, 2 ,3, 4)
Unit 1 Notes (Google Slides)
Spatial Interaction, Time Space Convergence, Diffusion
Intro Video
911 Activity Video
Test Study Guide
Globalization Articles
Article 1 (One Culture)
Article 2 (A Culture Killer)
Article 3 (Modern World)
Article 4 (Globalization and Media)
More Readings:
Spatial Interaction
Time Space Convergence