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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue1WhatIsHumanGeography?DeBlijpp.1-91.Accordingtothetext,howmanypeoplearemalnourishedintheworld?

2.WorldHunger-Usethemaponpage2-3inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthe%ofundernourishedpopulationbycountryin2011.Useavarietyofcolorsandincludeakey.

Definehumangeography:2.Defineglobalization:3.Basedonthemapabove,whatpatternsdowenoticeintermsofglobalmalnourishment?4.Whatareconsideredtobethemajorcausesofmalnourishmentintheworld?5.HowhasglobalizationhinderedthenationofKenya?6.Definehumangeography:7.Defineglobalization:

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8.WorldGDP-Usethemaponpage4-5inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthepercapitagrossnationalincomein2009.MostgeographersrefertoGDPasameasurementoftheoverallwealthofacountry.Useavarietyofcolorsandincludeakey.

ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue2WhatIsaregeographicquestions?DeBlijpp.9-151.Definephysicalgeography:2.Definemedicalgeography:3.InwhatwaysdidDr.SnowusemedicalgeographyinordertodiscovertheroutecauseofcholeraoutbreaksinLondon,England?

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5. Use the map on pg. 10 in order to determine the rate of Cholera cases by population in Haiti in 2010. Be sure to use 4 different colors & include a key.

4.ProvidedetailsintohowCholeraaffectedeachofthefollowingareas.

London,England

1854

Peru

Haiti

●SPATIALPERSPECTIVE6.Howwouldyouexplainspatialperspective?

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7.Asyoureadpgs.11-13,completethetablebelowwiththe5ThemesofGeography,includespecificexamplesorapplicationsofeach. DEFINITION EXAMPLES/APPLICATIONS

LOCATION

HUMANENVIRONMENTINTERACTIONS

REGION

PLACE

MOVEMENT

NOTE!!!AHELPFULACRONYMTHATTHE5THEMESOFGEOGRAPHYCREATEISMR.LIPM=MOVEMENTR=REGIONL=LOCATIONI=INTERACTIONP=PLACE

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●CULTURALLANDSCAPE8.Geographersusetheterm_______________________torefertothe_________________________

ofaplace,thecomplex____________________________,humanstructures,andothertangibleobjects

thatgiveaplaceparticular_______________.

9.TheCulturalLandscapecanbeseenasthe______________________________________________

onthelandscape.

10.Completethefollowingregardingasequentoccupance.

SequentOccupanceElements/components/explanation… Modern-dayexample

ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue3Whydogeographersusemaps,andwhatdomapstellus?DeBlij,pp.15-22

1.Definecartography:

2.Accordingtothetext,listsomeofthepracticalusesmapsareusedfor:

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

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3.Determinetheprimarydifferencebetweenareferencemap&athematicmap.Doyourbesttoprovideanexampleofeach.

REFERENCEMAP THEMATICMAP

4.Inyourownwords,howwouldyoudescribethedifferencebetweenAbsolute&Relativelocations?Provideanexampletosupportyourclaims.5.CompletethefollowingregardingaGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)&GeographicInformationSystems(GIS)

GPSElements/components… Uses/implementation…

GISElements/components… Uses/implementation…

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6a.Defineremotesensing:6b.Listseveralthingsthatgeographerscanmapusingremotelysenseddata.ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue4Whyaregeographersconcernedwithscaleandconnectedness?DeBlij,pp.23-32

1.Completethechartbelowwhichdetailstypesofregionsidentifiedbygeographers. FORMALREGION FUNCTIONALREGION PERCEPTUALREGION

Defin

ition

Exam

ple(s)

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2.PerceptualRegionsoftheUSA-Usethemaponpage27inyourtextbooktoprepareasketchmapwhichshowsthevariousperceptualregionsoftheUSA.Useavarietyofcolors(notetheremaybesomeoverlappingofcolors)andincludeakey.IgnoreHawaii&Alaska.●CULTURAL3.Defineculture:4.Defineculturaltrait:4b.Giveanexample:5.Defineculturecomplex:5b.Giveanexample6.Defineculturalhearth:

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6b.Giveanexample7.Describethephenomenonknownasdistance-decay.8.Diffusionisdefinedastheprocessbywhichacharacteristicspreadsacrossspace.Withregardtodiffusion,defineand,wherepossible,giveanexampleofeachofthefollowing.

TYPESOFDIFFUSION

hearth

relocationdiffusion

Expansiondiffusion

hierarchicaldiffusion

contagiousdiffusion

stimulusdiffusion

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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue5Whataregeographicconcepts,andhowtheyareusedinansweringgeographicquestions?DeBlij,pp.32-34

Verycarefullydefinethefollowingterms:

1.CulturalEcology2.EnvironmentalDeterminism2b.Challenges/ArgumentsagainstEnvironmentalDeterminism

3.Possiblism3b.Challenges/ArgumentsagainstPossibilism

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ThinkingGeographically:KeyIssue6MapsDeBlij,pp.AppendixApg.A-1toA-9

1.Accordingtothetextbook,whatare3fundamentalpropertiesofallmaps?

a.b.c.

2.Definescale:3.Whatdoyoufeelistheadvantageofamapwhichshowsonlyasmallportionoftheearth’ssurface–likeaneighborhood-thatis,alarge-scalemap?3b.Whatadvantagedoesamapwhichshowstheentireglobe,asmall-scalemap,have?4.Amapwithascaleof1/10,000or1:10,000maybeazoomedinarea/sectionofacityandisknowntobea____________scalemap(largeorsmall).5.Amapwithascaleof1/10,000,000or1:10,000,000maybeanoverheadviewofanentireUSState/orcountryandisknowntobea____________scalemap(largeorsmall).●MAPPROJECTIONS6.Whengeographersconverttheroundearthtoaflatmap,theyuseaprojection.Allprojectionshavesomedistortion(onlyaglobehasnone).Listthefourthingsthattypicallybecomedistortedinvariousprojections.a. Shapeofanarea c. Relativesizemaybealtered

b. Distancebetween2points d. Directionfromoneplacetoanother

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7.Linesoflatitudeareknownas_______________________,whilelinesoflongitudeareknownas_______________________________.8.TwoimportantprojectionsaretheMercatorandtheRobinson.Completethetablebelowtocomparetheiradvantagesanddisadvantages. ROBINSON MERCATOR

Advantages

Disadv

antages

●SYMBOLSONMAPS9.Accordingtothetextbook,whataresomecommonexamplesofsymbolsusedonmapsoratlases?10._________________________________areusedtoshowindividualfeaturesorplaces.11.A______________________showsspatialdistribution11b.AccordingtothemapofWashingtonD.C.onA-8,whatpurposedothedotsymbolsserveonthismap.Whatdotheycommunicatetous?12.Linesymbolsonmapsinclude(Listall):13.Whatareisolines?