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Unit 1 - AMSCO/Wiley Reading Guide

Read According to the text, how many people are World Hunger - Use the map on page 2 in
Wiley malnourished in the world? your textbook to prepare a sketch map which
pages 1-4 shows the % of undernourished population by
country in 2012. Use a variety of colors and
include a key.

Based on the map above, what patterns do we notice in terms of global malnourishment?
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Based on your reading of this Field Note, why are the people
Major causes of malnourishment of Kenya suffering from such malnourishment?
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Read
Key Question 1 - Human geography is the study of the
Wiley What is human geography? spatial characteristics of humans and hu-
pages 5 man activities.

focuses of human geography

1 ______________________________ 3 ______________________________
2 ______________________________ 4 ______________________________

In your words… What is the difference between physical & human geography?
Read
AMSCO
pages 2-5

Early History of Geography Modern History of Geography

People & Ideas People & Ideas

Read
Key Question 2 -
Wiley What are geographic questions?
pages 5-11

In what ways did Dr. Snow use medical geography in order to discover the route cause of cholera outbreaks in London,
England?

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 Spatial Perspective

What is it? Why have it?

As you read pgs. 8-10, complete the table below with the 5 Themes of Geography, include specific
examples or applications of each.

Theme Definition Example/Application

LOCATION

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTIONS

REGION

PLACE

MOVEMENT

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 Cultural Landscape
Geographers use the term _____________ to refer to the _______________________ of a place,

the complex ______________________ , human structures, and other tangible objects that give a place

a _____________________________ .
“Human geographers are particularly
sequent occupance concerned with the cultural landscape, the
definition visible imprint of human activity on the
landscape.” - What are three examples of
‘visible imprints of human activity’?

reminds me of...

**We will discuss the cultural landscape in more detail throughout this course

Write a summary of the unit up to this point.

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Read
Key Question 3 -
AMSCO Why do geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us?
pages 5-7

Location Place

Read
AMSCO DEFINE : scale
pages 17-18

Types of scale and their definitions/examples:

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Read AMSCO pages 19-20

define Examples Sketch one

Reference Maps
Thematic Maps

Read AMSCO pages 21-22

What four distortions are there in a Robinson
What do you think? projection?
All maps are accurate. 1 __________________________________
True 2 __________________________________
False 3 __________________________________

Reasons for your choice

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Which of these projections

is best for navigation?

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Read AMSCO pages 26-27
Read Wiley pages 11-16 Geospatial Data
define -
fieldwork - the act of collecting
data that is observed and
collected on location

List ways in which data is collected in the field.

Draw images to represent quantitative data and qualitative data.

Draw a mental
map of your
neighborhood.

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Global Positioning System (GPS)
Elements/components… Uses/implementation…

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Elements/components… Uses/implementation…

Remote sensing
Elements/components… Uses/implementation…

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Read Key Question 4 -
Wiley Why are geographers concerned with scale and connectedness?
pages 18-22

Complete the chart below which details types of regions identified by geographers.

Formal Functional Perceptual

Definition
Examples

Perceptual Regions of the USA -

Use the map on

page 22 in your
textbook to
prepare a
sketch map
which shows
the various per-
ceptual regions
of the USA. Use
a variety of
colors (note
there may be
some overlap-
ping of colors)
and include a
key. Ignore
Hawaii & Alas-
ka.

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Read Key Question 5 -
Wiley What are geographic concepts and how they are used in answering geographic questions?
pages 26-27

cultural ecology -

environmental determinism

Challenges/arguments against. Environmental determinism

draw evaluate
Challenges/arguments against possibilism

possibilism

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Define LIST

geographic
Choose a geographic concept in- concepts troduced in this chapter. Think
about something that is of personal in- terest to you (music, literature, politics,
science, sports), and consider how whatever you have chosen could be studied from a geo-
graphical perspective.
Write a geographic question that could be the foundation of a geographic study of the item you have
chosen.

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