Unit 1 Content Area:
A. Geography as a field of inquiry
B. Evolution of Key Geographical concepts & models associated with notable geographers
C. Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective; location, space, place, scale, pattern,
regionalization, & globalization
D. Key geographical skills:
a. How to use & think about maps & spatial data
b. How to understand & interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
c. How to define regions & evaluate the regionalization process
d. How to characterize& analyze changing interconnections among places
E. New sources of technologies, such as GIS & GPS
F. Sources of geographical ideas & data: the field
Unit 1 Vocabulary Terms
Directions:
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Make three columns on your paper and label each of them the following; page number in the
book the term is found on, definition, and an example (which may not be provided in the book,
so think!)
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Fieldwork
Human geography
Globalization
Physical geography
Spatial
Spatial distribution
Medical geography
Pandemics
Epidemics
Spatial perspectives
5 themes of geography
Location
Location theory
Human Environmental Interaction
Region
Place
Sense of place
Perception of places
Movement
Spatial interactions
Landscape
Cultural landscape
Sequent occupance
Cartography
Reference maps
Thematic maps
Absolute location
GPS
Relative location
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Mental maps
Activity spaces
Generalized maps
Remote sensing
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Scale
Region
Functional region
Formal region
Perceptual region
Culture
Cultural trait
Cultural complex
Cultural hearth
Cultural diffusion
Independent invention
Time-distance decay
Cultural barriers
Expansion diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Environmental determinism
Isotherms
Possibilism
Cultural ecology
Political ecology
Unit Calendar
Monday
August 6
Syllabus
Textbooks
North America Map
13
Reading Quiz
Finish Discussing 5
Themes
p. 14-16/Terms 21-25
20
Geographic Concepts
Guided Reading Due
p. 30-31/Terms 46-50
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Tuesday
Wednesday
7
Set up notebooks
Reading schedule
Begin Notes
p. 1-4/Terms 1-5
14
Why do geographers
use maps? What is
scale
p. 17-19/Terms 26-30
21
Geographic Questions
8
Five Themes
Illustrations
Guided Reading
p. 5-8/ Terms 6-10
15
Power of Place
“One Earth, Many
Scales
p. 20-23/Terms 31-35
22
Review
Homework
Due Dates
Tests/Quizzes
Terms 51-57
Thursday
Friday
9
Why do geographers
use maps?
10
Pretest
p. 9-10/ Terms 11-15
16
True Maps/False
Impressions
Kuby, Ch 1 Activity
p. 24-26/Terms 36-40
23
Unit 1 FRQ Exam
p. 11-13/Terms 16-20
17
Reading Quiz
Field Study Due
p. 27-29/Terms 41-45
24
Unit 1 MC Exam
Terms Due