BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY (BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH) 1. Physical Geography (i) Geomorphology Is devoted to the study of landforms‚ their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life and
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. AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment 2013 Pick at least one of the following books to read as your primary selected reading: - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser ISBN 0-395-97789-4 - How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer ISBN 0-06-621234-0 -Why Geography Matters by Harm de Blij ISBN-13:978-0-19-518301-6 -Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded by Thomas L Friedman ISBN-13:978-0-312-42892-1 or ISBN-10: 0-312-42892-8 - The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman ISBN -13-978-0-312-42507-4
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Functional departmentalization - Grouping activities by functions performed. Activities can be grouped according to function (work being done) to pursue economies of scale by placing employees with shared skills and knowledge into departments for example human resources‚ IT‚ accounting‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and engineering. Functional departmentalization can be used in all types of organizations. * Product departmentalization - Grouping activities by product line. Tasks can also be grouped according
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Life is always changing. It can seem perfect for one minute and then be completely different the next. In “The Great Scarf of Birds” figurative language and imagery is used to demonstrate life’s duality. Initially the narrator’s world seems perfect with “Ripe apples” and “elms… swaying vases full of sky.” The imagery of the surroundings create a feeling of being in a utopia. The natural world around him is the ideal setting for the narrator’s game of golf. However the tone shifts from one of a
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Human Geography Mega City: A city with a metropolitan area with over 10million people. Millionaire City: A metropolitan city area with over 1million people. Mega City Millionaire City Large Town Small Town Village Hamlet Individual dwelling The Majority of mega cities and millionaire cities are found in Asia‚ specifically China and India due to their high population. Major Cities • Rome was really the first major city‚ with a population of 1million in ancient times. • During the
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A NEW LOOK AT THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY J. Lewis Robinson In the May 1964 issue of the JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY‚ William D. Pattison presented a brief and excellent statement concerning the main themes in geography.1 His four traditions article has been quoted widely since then‚ and it has helped to reduce the problem of defining the broad scope of the discipline in one or two sentences which would be acceptable to and understood by the public‚ teachers‚ and professional
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aph study guide Human Geography (AP) Homework Assignment Chapter 7.1 (pgs. 177-183) due online by 1/31/12 1. What are the two ways that major religions of the world have diffused across cultural barriers and language boundaries? The two ways major religions of the world have diffused is through migration and conversion. 2. List the ways religion marks the cultural landscape. Religion marks the cultural landscape by churches and mosques‚ cemeteries‚ shrines‚ statues‚
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8.1 Skeletal problems of defining states- Antarctica is the only land mass that is not part of a state. Although‚ argentina‚ austrialia‚ chile‚ france‚ uk‚ new Zealand‚ and Norway have all claimed pieces of antartica. Korea: one state or two? – Once a colony of Japan and divided into two occupation zones by the united states and the former soviet union in WW II. Then in 1950‚ came about a south and north korea. Then in 2000 the two governments (north and south) decided to let the familes
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Geography Geography is the study of the earth’s landscapes‚ peoples‚ places and environments. It is‚ quite simply‚ about the world in which we live. Geography puts this understanding of social and physical processes within the context of places and regions - recognizing the great differences in cultures‚ political systems‚ economies‚ landscapes and environments places and social groups underlie much of the newer developments in human geography across the world‚ and the links between them. Geography
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I just received my test score in AP Geography that I bet I passed with a solid B. I saw my actual test grade and I started to freak out. “An F‚” I said to myself like I was guilty of a crime that no one knew. I thought to myself “why do I continue to procrastinate?” The shock of my poor score motivated me to study hard for my next test. I didn’t like how I was procrastinating way too much. It was getting out of hand to a point I would just look at my homework and do nothing. I knew why I
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