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Unit 1
Chapter 1 pp. 32-34 Notes
Geographic concepts: Ways of seeing the world spatially that are used by geographers in answering research questions.
Unit 1
Chapter 1 pp. 23-32 Notes
Scale: 2 definitions in geography:
The distance on a map compared to the distance on the Earth
The spatial extent of something
To explain a geographic pattern or process requires looking across scales. Geographers can make different observations at different scales
Example in book (pg 23): Distribution of material wealth from scale of globe-?North America-?Washington DC
Unit 1
Chapter 1 pp. 15-22 Notes
Cartography: the art and science of making maps
Useful for many purposes: waging war, locating places, warning of natural disasters, solving medical issues
Unit 1
Chapter 1 pp. 9-15 Notes
Human Geography is the study of the spatial and material characteristics of the human-made places and people found on Earth?s surface
Physical Geography is the spatial analysis of the structure, processes, and location of the Earth?s natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals, and topography
Topography: the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district or locality (this includes land and water features) and precise
Geography: ?why of where?-Marvin Mikesell So what?
Unit 1
Chapter 1 pp. 1-9 Notes
Malnourishment around the world
1/7 of world pop is malnourished; I billion of world?s pop
Food consumption is distributed unevenly
Wealthier countries also best fed
Sub-Saharan Africa currently in worst position
Causes of malnourishment
poverty (some exist on $1/day)
failure of food distribution systems
cultural and political practices that favor some groups over others
Joshua Havermale
APAH Winter Research Project
Option One ? Civic Pride in the Parthenon and Beijing National Stadium
Chapter 1 Test
A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
A) biosystem
B) community
C) population
D) ecosystem
E) family
Answer: C
2
Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For example, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
A) the energy of motion
B) carbon dioxide and water
C) the potential energy of chemical bonds
D) oxygen
E) kinetic energy
Chapter 1 Test
A localized group of organisms that belong to the same species is called a
A) biosystem
B) community
C) population
D) ecosystem
E) family
Answer: C
2
Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For example, plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into
A) the energy of motion
B) carbon dioxide and water
C) the potential energy of chemical bonds
D) oxygen
E) kinetic energy
California Gold Rush:
(1848 ? 1855) A mass migration of people moving to California in search of gold after it was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, on January 24, 1848. The news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
Californios:
bias:
(n.) The preferences or prejudices that a person has; (v.) to influence judgment or perspective, often in a way that causes prejudice.
chronological reasoning:
Putting events in sequence and making connections based on continuity and change.
historical narrative:
A story, based on historical evidence, that presents ideas about what happened in the past.
historical thinking skills:
Skills that historians apply to analyzing evidence and information to make sense of the past.
periodization:
Ravi Patel APUSH
Albany Plan:
(1754) A proposal at the Albany Congress to create a unified government for the 13 colonies. The plan was an early attempt to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes."
American Revolution:
The war fought by the 13 English colonies between 1775 and 1783 to win independence from England.
Benjamin Franklin:
Behavior genetics ? The branch of genetics that examines the genetic and environmental contributions to personality characteristics and behavior
Behaviorism ? A theoretical perspective that focuses on observable, quantifiable behavior and the relationships between behavior and environmental variables
Cognitive perspective ? the branch of psychology that deals with thought processes such as memory and language
Evolutionary perspective ? the study of the evolution of behavior using the principles of natural selection
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