Outline Of Human Geo
I. What is Human Geo?
a. Human geo- how people make places, how we organize space/society, how we interact with places, and how we make sense of ourselves and others in our regions.
b. Advances in technology make communicating easier using planes, internet and automobiles
c. Popular culture makes people more alike, but we are still different.
d. Globalization- process of increasing worldly interaction.
II. What are Geographic Questions?
a. Physical Geo- the study of physical phenomena on Earth
b. “Why of Where” ~ Marvin Mikesell
c. Spatial Distribution- how something is laid out, organized or arranged.
1. Maps in Time of Cholera Pandemics
a. Medical geo- mapping of spread of disease …show more content…
Sequent Occupance- refers to the imprints of occupants, whose impacts are layered one on top of the other.
1. Dar as Salaam, Tanzania: (1866) Arabs from Zanzibar used as a summer retreat. (1891) German colonizers imprint a new layout/architectural style, wood-beamed Teutonic, when chose as center of East African colonies. After WWI, British took over, encouraged immigration from India, which made zone of Indian housing. (1960s) became capital.
III. Why do Geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us?
a. Cartography- map making
b. Thematic maps- show movement of a phenomenon
c. Absolute location- the exact coordinates: latitude and longitude
d. Relative location- location in relation to other human/ physical features
1. Mental Maps
a. Women tend to use landmarks, and men tend to use paths. Terra incognita: unknown lands that are off limits.
2. Generalization in Maps
a. Map makers generalize info because certain things cannot be predict for a length of time or show specifics.
3. Remote Sensing and GIS (geographic info systems) - using technology far away from the place being studied.
a. Used to show number of voters, race of voters, party registration and likelihood of …show more content…
Formal region- shared trait, cultural of physical
b. Functional region- shares a political, social or economic purpose.
c. Perceptual region- areas designed to help understand phenomena in human geo. We knew of the Middle East but did not know what land it included until media talked about the Middle East during the hunt for Ossama.
2. Culture
a. Music, literature, dress, routine of living, food, architecture, layout of farming, education, government, and law.
b. “The integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance… culture is not genetically predetermined; it is noninstinctive…[culture] is wholly the result of social invention and is transmitted and maintained solely through communication and learning.” Anthropologist E. Adamson Hoebel
c. Culture trait- a single attribute as a culture
d. Culture complex- more than one culture has a trait in common, but each consists of differing combinations of traits
e. Culture hearth- area where culture traits develop and diffuse
3. Connectedness through Diffusion- the spread of ideas from culture hearth to other
a. Human geo- how people make places, how we organize space/society, how we interact with places, and how we make sense of ourselves and others in our regions.
b. Advances in technology make communicating easier using planes, internet and automobiles
c. Popular culture makes people more alike, but we are still different.
d. Globalization- process of increasing worldly interaction.
II. What are Geographic Questions?
a. Physical Geo- the study of physical phenomena on Earth
b. “Why of Where” ~ Marvin Mikesell
c. Spatial Distribution- how something is laid out, organized or arranged.
1. Maps in Time of Cholera Pandemics
a. Medical geo- mapping of spread of disease …show more content…
Sequent Occupance- refers to the imprints of occupants, whose impacts are layered one on top of the other.
1. Dar as Salaam, Tanzania: (1866) Arabs from Zanzibar used as a summer retreat. (1891) German colonizers imprint a new layout/architectural style, wood-beamed Teutonic, when chose as center of East African colonies. After WWI, British took over, encouraged immigration from India, which made zone of Indian housing. (1960s) became capital.
III. Why do Geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us?
a. Cartography- map making
b. Thematic maps- show movement of a phenomenon
c. Absolute location- the exact coordinates: latitude and longitude
d. Relative location- location in relation to other human/ physical features
1. Mental Maps
a. Women tend to use landmarks, and men tend to use paths. Terra incognita: unknown lands that are off limits.
2. Generalization in Maps
a. Map makers generalize info because certain things cannot be predict for a length of time or show specifics.
3. Remote Sensing and GIS (geographic info systems) - using technology far away from the place being studied.
a. Used to show number of voters, race of voters, party registration and likelihood of …show more content…
Formal region- shared trait, cultural of physical
b. Functional region- shares a political, social or economic purpose.
c. Perceptual region- areas designed to help understand phenomena in human geo. We knew of the Middle East but did not know what land it included until media talked about the Middle East during the hunt for Ossama.
2. Culture
a. Music, literature, dress, routine of living, food, architecture, layout of farming, education, government, and law.
b. “The integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance… culture is not genetically predetermined; it is noninstinctive…[culture] is wholly the result of social invention and is transmitted and maintained solely through communication and learning.” Anthropologist E. Adamson Hoebel
c. Culture trait- a single attribute as a culture
d. Culture complex- more than one culture has a trait in common, but each consists of differing combinations of traits
e. Culture hearth- area where culture traits develop and diffuse
3. Connectedness through Diffusion- the spread of ideas from culture hearth to other