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Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives. Yorkville High School 2016. I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives A. Geography as a field of inquiry B. Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geogrpahers

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Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

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  1. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives Yorkville High School 2016

  2. I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives A. Geography as a field of inquiry B. Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geogrpahers C. Key concepts underlying the geographical perspectives: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization D. Key geographical skills: maps, etc E. New geographical technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS F. Sources of geographical ideas and data Course Outline

  3. WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GEOGRAPHY? “Geography” is from Greek Geo = the Earth Graphein = to describe, to write

  4. GEOGRAPHY • Studies how things differ between different places and why they are different, or • What makes each place unique? • Why do things occur where they do? - the “why of where” • Studies human activity, the natural environment, and the relationship between the two Why is Chicago, IL where it is, and why did the settlement evolve on this site? Why is it windy? Why is there substantial amount of precipitation (snow)?

  5. “Geography can bring to our lives the insights that would be otherwise not obtainable” - H de Blij Harm de Blij

  6. Pop vs Soda • www.popvssoda.com

  7. Among 18- to 24- year-olds given maps • 11% could not find the United States • 49% could not find New York • 76% could not find Saudi Arabia • 83% could not find Afghanistan • 87% could not find Iraq “If our young people can’t find places on a map and lack awareness of current events, how can they understand the world’s cultural, economic and natural resource issues that confront us?” John Fahey (President of the NGS)

  8. Among 18- to 24- year-olds • 6 in 10 couldn’t find Iraq or Saudi Arabia on a Middle East map • 75% couldn’t locate Israel • 1/3 couldn’t find Louisiana on a U.S. map • 88% could not find Afghanistan on a map of Asia • Geography is Greek to young Americans • 7 in 10 correctly located China on a map!

  9. O'Brien's use of Finnish presidential election for comic relief Finland President Tarja Halonen "I think it's quite funny," said Mia Myllymaki, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher. "Of course we are proud that Conan O'Brien talks about Finland and Finnish people. ... People in the USA don't even know where Finland is, …

  10. Where in the World is Finland?

  11. What was Prince William’s Major in College?

  12. A 1 million-dollar question: Which of the following countries is completely surrounded by another country? A. Egypt B. Lesotho C. Austria D. Nepal

  13. Gere kisses Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS campaign event. It almost landed him in prison!

  14. Cameron Diaz in Peru in June 2007

  15. Geography is not about place names, capitals Geography  Geology

  16. Place Names (Toponym) The world’s longest place name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllanty-siliogogogoch This is the name of a town in North Wales. The name translates as "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" in Welsh.

  17. The name of Bangkok (Krungthep) in Thai: Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyayamahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarnamornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphrasit The translation: • krungthep mahanakhonThe land of angels, the great city of • amorn rattanakosinimmortality, various of devine gems, • mahintara yudthaya mahadilok pohpthe great angelic land unconquerable, • noparat rajathanee bureeromland of nine noble gems, the royal city, the pleasant capital, • udomrajniwes mahasatarnplace of the grand royal palace, • amorn pimarn avaltarnsatitforever land of angels and reincarnated spirits, • sakatattiya visanukram prasitpredestined and created by the highest devas.

  18. Great Ancient Thinkers Dark Ages (Europe) = Arab Empire European Renaissance (esp. Germany) - Alexander von Humboldt - Carl Ritter William Morris Davis (late 1880s) National Geographic Society (1888) Univ. of Chicago (1903) Assoc. of American Geographers (1904) . . . History of Geography as a Discipline

  19. Physical Geography - Geomorphology - Climatology - Biogeography… Human Geography - Population - Cultural - Economic - Political - Social - Urban - Medical … 2 Branches of Geography:

  20. Landforms

  21. Pacific Ring of fire

  22. Population Distribution

  23. The World at 10 pm Source: NASA

  24. World Religions

  25. Geographic Ways of Viewing the World Questions: • Where is a place located? - Location • What makes a place special? • Relationships b/w humans and environment? • What are the patterns of movement? • People, commodities, and information • How can the place be divided into regions for study?

  26. THE GEOGRAPHER’S PERSPECTIVE 5 Fundamental Themes • Location • Place • Human-Environment Interactions • Movement • Regions Established by the National Geographic Society and National Council for Geographic Education (promote geography & help teachers teach geography)

  27. 1) Location - Where is a place & why is it there? - Absolute & Relative location - e.g. Mount St. Helens 2) Place - Abstract space that has been transformed into a noteworthy location due to a set of unique characteristics - e.g. L.A. (beaches, mtns, mild climate & Hollywood, movie stars, liberal lifestyle, ethnic diversity) 5 Themes of Geography:

  28. Absolute Location

  29. 3) Human - Environmental Interactions - The spatial expression of human interaction with the environment - e.g. Farming in Great Plains (dry land vs center pivot) 4) Movement - The non-static, fluid and ever-changing aspects of the world - e.g. Soil Erosion & Migration

  30. 5) Regions - Areas with shared characteristics: - physical - human - Provide an organized way of studying Earth’s landscapes and people

  31. FORMAL REGION • Also called a uniform region or homogeneous region • Marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena Examples: Corn Belt Bible Belt Great Plains Megalopolis

  32. FUNCTIONAL REGION • Also called a “nodal” region • Core vs periphery: focus is on a central core • Key is integration through functional linkages b/w places • A region marked less by its sameness than its dynamic internal structure Example:Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  33. STOP!!!!!

  34. GCONCEPT OFSCALE The World Realms Regions

  35. A Transition Zone often exist b/w regions A gradual shift rather than a sharp break!

  36. In-class project:Where is the Midwest? What does it look like there? Popular images What are people like in the American Midwest? Character traits

  37. Describe Midwesterners What does the Midwest look like?

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