Ch. 1 KI 1: How do geographers describe where things are?
Pages: . 5-13
Skipped Sections: Early Mapmaking (6-7), U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 (9), Contemporary Geographic Tools: Navigation
Devices from Hand-Drawn to Electronic (11)
Terms: cartography, map scale, projection, GIS, GPS, remote sensing
Leading Questions
I.
Maps
A. Map Scale
B. Projection
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II.
Contemporary Tools
A. Satellite-Based Imagery
1. GPS
2. Remote Sensing
3. GIS
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What is a map and how can it be
used?
What are some common elements
of a map?
Describe the causes and effects of
map projections.
What mapping tools and technology
are used now? What are they used
for?
Ch. 1 KI 2: Why Is Each Point on Earth Unique?
Pages: 13-28
Skipped Sections: Spatial Association intro text (20-21), Regional Integration of Culture (21), What People Care About
(21-22) What People Take Care of (22-24), Global Forces, Local Impacts: Hurricane Katrina (23), Physical Processes:
Climate, Vegetation, Soil and Land (24-26)
Terms toponym, site, situation, meridian, parallel, cultural landscape, formal region, functional region, vernacular
region, cultural ecology, environmental determinism, possiblism, polder
Leading Questions
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II.
III.
Place: Unique Location of a Feature
A. Place Names
B. Site
C. Situation
D. Mathematical Location
1. Figure1-13
Regions: Areas of Unique Characteristics
A. Cultural Landscape
B. Types of Regions
1. Formal Region
2. Functional Region
3. Vernacular Region
Spatial Association
A. Cultural Ecology: Integrating Culture and Environment
1. Human and Physical Factors
B. Modifying the Environment
1. The Netherlands:
2. South Florida:
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What are the four ways of measuring
location?
Define toponyms and describe the
relationship between toponyms and culture?
Compare and contrast site and situation.
Provide examples.
What is the cultural landscape and what are
its fundamental principles?
Define and describe (through the use of
examples) formal regions, functional regions,
and vernacular regions.
Explain how humans interact with the
environment and describe different theories
on how this occurs.
Be able to compare and contrast
environmental modification in the
Netherlands and South Florida.
Ch. 1 KI 3: Why are different places similar?
Pages: 28-39
Skipped Sections: Relocation Diffusion (37-38) Expansion Diffusion (38-39)
Terms: globalization, transnational corporation, communications revolution (not a bold-faced word), distribution,
concentration, pattern, gendered spaces (what the section Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Space) space-timecompression, distance decay, diffusion, hearth, relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion, hierarchical diffusion,
contagious diffusion, stimulus diffusion, uneven development
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II.
III.
Scale: From Local to Global
A. Globalization of the Economy
B. Globalization of Culture
Space: Distribution of Features
A. Distribution
1. Density
2. Concentration
3. Pattern
B. Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Space
Connections Between Places
A. Spatial Interaction
B. Diffusion
1. Diffusion of Culture and Economy
Leading Questions
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What is globalization and what causes it?
How does globalization affect economics? Culture? Be
able to provide examples
What is distribution and how do geographers measure
it?
What is a gendered space? What are some examples?
What is space-time compression? Be able to provide at
least 2-3 examples of space-time –compression.
Define distance decay and describe how it relates to
spatial interaction?
What is diffusion and why do geographers study it?
What effect has diffusion had on culture and
economics?