Unit 1 Objectives: Geography: It’s Nature and Perspectives (Basic Concepts)
1. Understanding the main concepts associated with Perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regions and globalization.
2. Identifying geographic models and the geographers responsible for them.
3. Learning to read, interpret and analyze various types of maps and patterns found on them.
4. Understanding new technologies, e.g. GIS, GPS.
5. Using internet sources to find data and learning to map the data.
6. Defining Human Geography and understanding it as a field of study.
7. Construct maps at different scales and interpret the different patterns found at the different scales.
1. Understanding the main concepts associated with Perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regions and globalization.
2. Identifying geographic models and the geographers responsible for them.
3. Learning to read, interpret and analyze various types of maps and patterns found on them.
4. Understanding new technologies, e.g. GIS, GPS.
5. Using internet sources to find data and learning to map the data.
6. Defining Human Geography and understanding it as a field of study.
7. Construct maps at different scales and interpret the different patterns found at the different scales.
Geography Models - Class Presentations
Homework Article
Lying with MapsEvaluate the following maps and try to determine the purpose/ message of the map. Also try to determine the flaws/ distortion of each the maps. Remember ALL maps lie but they are essential tools in the field of geography. As geographers we must always remain skeptical of maps and not forget to question the reality they try to represent.
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Geographers and their Models
Projects
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Unit 1 Reading Guide - Multiple Choice answers
Chapter 1, Section 1b: Maps
1.B, 2.B, 3.D, 4.E, 5.D, 6.A, 7.E, 8.B, 9.E, 10.B, 11.C,
Chapter 1, Section 2a: Place: Unique Locations of a Feature
1.D, 2.A, 3.D, 4.C, 5.A, 6.A, 7.E, 8.B, 9.C, 10.B, 11.D
Chapter 1, Section 1b: Maps
1.B, 2.B, 3.D, 4.E, 5.D, 6.A, 7.E, 8.B, 9.E, 10.B, 11.C,
Chapter 1, Section 2a: Place: Unique Locations of a Feature
1.D, 2.A, 3.D, 4.C, 5.A, 6.A, 7.E, 8.B, 9.C, 10.B, 11.D
