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Fouberg Unit 1 23-32

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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 Rescale (also known as jumping scale): to involve players from other scales to create a global outcry of support for their position (political) Regions: geographers divide the world into regions for analysis An area that shares similar characteristics Formal region: must choose (one or more )physical or cultural criteria Has shared physical or cultural trait

Fouberg Unit 1 15-22

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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 Types of maps: (maps cannot show everything) Reference maps: shows of locations of places and geographic features. Absolute locations: accuracy of locations through coordinate system (longitude and latitude) to plot where something is on Earth Relative location: description of location relative to other human and physical features. These descriptions can change over time because of current importance of things around the featured location.

Fouberg Unit 1 9-15

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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? Spatial is dealing with how places and phenomena are laid out, organized, and arranged on the Earth and how they appear on the landscape Spatial distribution is the physical location of geographic phenomena across space

Fouberg Unit 1 1-9

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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 Solution to hunger Arable land does not necessarily translate to enough food for country Not having arable land does not sentence country to malnourishment Depends on : What is produced Who owns land How country is tied into global economy Globalization affects countries? economies Causes complex situations (hard to unravel-untangle)

Summer Assignment Essay

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By: Elizabeth Spalding Pd.4 09.01.14 Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West T.R. Reid?s publish of ?Confucius Lives Next Door,? is a factual book that allows the reader to search for the deeper meanings and connections. He describes his personal experiences when he and his family moved from Castle Rock, Colorado to Tokyo, Japan. The book chronicles the cultural difference he discovers from the different sides of the world.

Guns, Germs and Steel. Episode One: Out of Eden

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?Guns, Germs and Steel. Episode One: Out of Eden?Answer the following questions while watching Episode One. What is Cargo? How did New Guineans view cargo? How did Westerners view cargo? New gunians thought of cargo as things brought to the island first by westerners. Westerners thought of cargo as materials things you bring with you. According to Diamond what have all great civilizations had in common? Large population, better technology, and good workforce. What is the main geographical difference between the Middle East 13,000 years ago and today? How did this help its inhabitants? The Indus valley region had lots of vegetation. This helped them eat and have shelter.

AP Human Geo Chapter 5 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2016-1-24 Chapter 5 Language Language a. Language - A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. b. Literary Tradition - A language that is written as well as spoken. c. Official Language - The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents. d. The interplay between interaction and isolation helps to explain regions of individual languages and entire language families. I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Are English-Language Speakers Distributed? A. Origin and Diffusion of English -A language originates at a particular place and diffuses to other locations through the migration of its speakers. ?

AP Human Geo Chapter 7 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2016-01-25 Chapter 7 Ethnicity I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Are Ethnicities Distributed? A. Distribution of Ethnicities in the United States ? The two most numerous ethnicities in the United States are African-Americans, about 13 percent, and Hispanics or Latinos, about 11 percent. In addition, about 4 percent are Asian-American and 1 percent American Indian. 1. Clusterings of Ethnicities ? Clustering of ethnicities can occur at two scales, particular regions of the country, and particular neighborhoods within cities. B. REGIONAL CONCENTRATIONS OF ETHNICITIES ? African-Americans are clustered in the Southeast, Hispanics in the Southwest, Asian- Americans in the West, and American Indians in the Southwest and Plains states.

AP Human Geo Vocab Unit 6 and 7

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AP Human Geography March 10, 2016 Vocab Units VI and VII Industrialization and Cities 1. Industrial Revolution-A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods. 2. Situation factors-The location of a place relative to other places. Situation factors Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory. 3. Central Business District-The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered 4. Rank-size rule-A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/ n the population of the largest settlement 5. Gentrification-A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low-

AP Human Geo Chapter 4 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2016-1-19 Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Do Folk and Popular Cultures Originate and Diffuse? A. Origin of Folk and Popular Cultures 1. Origin of Folk Music ? Music exemplifies the differences in the origins of folk and popular culture. Folk songs tell a story or convey information about daily activities such as farming, life- cycle events (birth, death, and marriage), or mysterious events such as storms and earthquakes. Folk customs may have multiple origins owing to non- communication among groups in different places. Within the Upper South, geographer George Carney identified four major hearths of country music during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2. Origin of Popular Music ?

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