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Intro to World Regional Geography I. Define geography Spatial science – Where? Why there? B. Holistic discipline

Intro to World Regional Geography I. Define geography Spatial science – Where? Why there? B. Holistic discipline. II. Approaches Physical Cultural / Human Thematic/systematic Regional . III. Maps as tools Distortions – area, distance, shape, direction (projections).

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Intro to World Regional Geography I. Define geography Spatial science – Where? Why there? B. Holistic discipline

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  1. Intro to World Regional Geography • I. Define geography • Spatial science – • Where? Why there? • B. Holistic discipline

  2. II. Approaches • Physical • Cultural / Human • Thematic/systematic • Regional

  3. III. Maps as tools • Distortions – area, distance, shape, direction (projections) http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/TOC/cartTOC.html

  4. B. Political uses

  5. C. Religious meaning

  6. D. Cultural variations/materials

  7. B. Scale

  8. E. Recent technology - GIS, GPS earthquake example crime example

  9. Longitude at Lat. Miles 0 69 20 65 40 53 60 34 90 0.00 • GEOGRAPHIC THEMES • IV.Location • A. Absolute • Longitude –

  10. 2. Longitude International Date Line 2. Latitude Equator, Arctic/Antarctic circles Mobile - 3040' N, 886' W

  11. B. Relative Time-space compression

  12. V. Regions - how places alike A. Formal - "homogenous" or "uniform"

  13. Flu – January 2012 CDC Flu Map Google Flu Map

  14. B. Functional - "nodal"

  15. C. Vernacular - "perceptual"

  16. VI. Place - how places unique

  17. VII. Movement (diffusion) A. Hearth B. Types 1. Relocation 2. Expansion Hierarchical Contagious Stimulus

  18. VIII. Human-environmental interaction A. Environmental determinism

  19. B. Cultural determinism C. Reciprocal relationship

  20. IX. Globalization • A. Define – • B. Factors in – • Reaction to – • syncretism (hybridization) • cultural nationalism

  21. Buddha statue in Afghanistan – destroyed by Taliban

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