-Geographers ask "where" things are and "why" they are there. -Thinking Geographically is one of the oldest human activities. -Geography is divided into physical and human geography. -Human Geographers are especially concerned with the uneven impact of destruction. -Two main features of human behavior: culture and economy -Geography is immediately distinguished from other disciplines by it's reliance on mas to display and analyze information. -Three basic concepts: scale, space, and connections help geographers explain why these similarities do not result in coincidence. -Geography's most important tool for thinking spatially about the distribution of features is a map. -The first decision a cartographer faces is how much of Earth's surface to depict the map.
Rubenstein Chapter 1 Key Issue 1 notes
-Geographers ask "where" things are and "why" they are there. -Thinking Geographically is one of the oldest human activities. -Geography is divided into physical and human geography. -Human Geographers are especially concerned with the uneven impact of destruction. -Two main features of human behavior: culture and economy -Geography is immediately distinguished from other disciplines by it's reliance on mas to display and analyze information. -Three basic concepts: scale, space, and connections help geographers explain why these similarities do not result in coincidence. -Geography's most important tool for thinking spatially about the distribution of features is a map. -The first decision a cartographer faces is how much of Earth's surface to depict the map.
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