appropriate answer separately for each unit‚ giving uniform representation to the whole syllabus contained therein. SECTION-I 1. The nature‚ objectives and relevance of Geography 2. Various Branches of Physical and Human Geography 3. Determinism‚ Possibilism‚ Pragmatism‚ Radicalism‚ Positivism‚ Behaviouralism‚ Humanism and Quantitative approach 4. Dualism in Geography:- Regional / Systematic‚ Physical / Human‚ Historical / Contemporary 5. Races of the world- their physical and socio-economic characteristics
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e. expansion‚ 1. hierarchical‚ 2. contagious‚ 3. stimulus. 8. Distribution/Concentration iii. dispersed/scattered‚ iv. clustered/agglomerated 9. Environmental determinism 10. Possibilism 11. distance decay 12. time-space compression 13. Geographic Information System (GIS) 14. Global Positioning System (GPS) 15. Remote sensing 16. Grid (North and South Poles‚ latitude‚ parallel‚ equator‚ longitude‚ meridian
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Mr. Healy‚ Period 5 4/25/13 Chapter 4 KBAT Material Culture-The physical objects produced by a culture in order to meet its material needs: food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ arts‚ and recreation. Culture-The body of beliefs (values)‚ social forms‚ and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. Folk Culture-Cultural traditions practiced by a small‚ homogeneous‚ rural group living in relative isolation. Popular Culture-Cultural elements found in
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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
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Key Issue 2 Which three measures do geographers use to study population change? Geographers use Crude birth rate (CBR)‚ Crude death rate (CDR)‚ and Natural Increase rate (NIR). CBR is the total number of live births in a year for every 1‚000 people alive in society. CDR is the total number of deaths in a year for every 1‚000 people alive in the society. NIR is the percentage by which a population grows in a year. Is a small change in the NIR important? Even if the NIR changed by 0.2%‚ the
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AP Human Geography Exam Vocabulary Definitions Unit 1: Nature and Perspectives (Ch. 1 & 2 in Barron’s Pattison’s Four Traditions (1964): W.D. Pattison -earth-science: physical geography (not one of the Five Themes) -locational: spatial tradition (location) -man-land: human/environmental interaction -area-studies: regional geography Five Themes of Geography (1986): GENIP -location: position; situation of people and things -human/environmental interaction:
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography * Fieldwork- go out in the field and see what people are doing‚ observe how people’s actions and reactions vary across space * Summary of Field Note: Kenya full of fertile farmland but many are hungry. Why don’t they grow food for themselves? Most of Kenya is owned by foreigners and Kenya needs the foreign revenue * Human geography- how people make places‚ how we organize space and society‚ how we interact with each other in places and across
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC INEQUALITY A FINAL PAPER IN WORLD GEOGRAPHY John Pascual Magnawa Renee Sangalang Rafael Orayani Joshua De Leon LF105 AB- CDA 2nd Trimester AY 2014- 2015 Ms. Catherine Dee Samaniego I. Introduction Socio-economic inequality refers to how the social factors affect and is influenced by the economic activities. This inequality limits the opportunities to be given to individuals and social groups‚ creating an unequal distribution of income that creates a gap between the wealthy
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Geo Midterm – Review The Geographical Approach Geography = Only discipline that examines patterns of phenomena on Earth. Geographers are interested in locational aspects of Earth phenomena (can it be mapped?) * Physical geography involves natural phenomena * Human/cultural geography involves phenomena caused by inhabitants Many different fields of geography overlap one another. All geographers are interested in: * A focus on spatial relationships (terrestrial) * Geographic
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Environmental determinism‚ also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism‚ is the view that the physical environment sets limits on human environment. Historiography [edit] Origins [edit] Environmental determinism’s origins go back to antiquity‚ where it is first encountered in a fifth-century medical treatise ascribed to Hippocrates: Airs‚ Waters‚ Places.[1] In Roman times it is‚ for example‚ found in the work of the Greek geographer Strabo who wrote that climate influences the
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