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Human GeographyUnit 1: Basic Concepts
Created by Daniel Eiland | http://www.mreiland.info
Unit Outline
Introductions
Geographic Tools
The Five Themes
Introduction to
Geography
What is a geography?
“Geography is the systematic study of the spatial patterns of all phenomena on or near the Earth’s surface.”
Geography is:
A scientific and descriptive study of the Earth’s surface.
Geography is:
Interactions between people and their environment
Geography is:
A study of spatial and local variation.
Geography is:
A Study
OfSpatial
Patterns.
What is the why
Of where?
What is the above a picture of? Why might it have been built the way that
it was?
In this night picture of the earth, why are some areas brighter than others? How would it have looked 200
years ago?
Who are some important Geographers?
Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE)
I was the first person to demonstrate that the Earth was spherical.
Eratosthenes (3rd Century BCE)
I accurately calculated the circumference of the earth using geometry and was the first known person to use the word geography.
Claudius Ptolemy (CE 90 – CE 168)
I wrote a book called Geography and designed the forerunner to longitude and latitude lines.
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti
Al Idrisi (1099–1165)
I’m an Arabic geographer who worked for the King of Sicily to create an accurate representation of the world.
Abraham Ortelius (1527 – 1598)
I designed the first modern atlas: Theatre of the World.
George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882)
I first described how natural systems are impacted by human actions. I am considered the first modern environmentalist
Carl Sauer (1889-1975)
In 1925, I argued that cultural landscapes, the interactions between people and their environment, should be the focus of geographic study.
How did the maps change between Eratosthenes and Ortelius? Why?
What fields of study exist in Human Geography?
What are W.D. Pattinson’s four traditions?
The Earth-Science Tradition
The Culture-Environment Tradition
The Locational Tradition
The Area-Analysis Tradition
What are the differences between Human and Physical geography?
What characteristics of this image would a human geographer notice?
A physical geographer?
What characteristics of this image would a human geographer notice?
A physical geographer?
Where are people located?
Human Geographers ask:
What are people like?
Human Geographers ask:
What are their interactions over space?
Human Geographers ask:
What kind of landscapes do they build?
Human Geographers ask:
What kinds of data do geographers use?
Examines cultural or regional geography.Gathered through observations, interviews, and the interpretations of texts.
Uses rigorous mathematical techniques to examine hard numerical data.
Qua
litati
ve D
ata
Quantitative D
ata
Facts and figures unique to a particular place or region
Concepts that are universally applicable
Idio
grap
hic
Nom
othetic
Develop a qualitative, nomothetic question about the populace of our school.
Develop a quantitative, idiographic question about the populace of our school.
A Geographers Tools
What is cartography?
“Cartography is the science of making maps.”
What is a map-scale?
“A map-scale shows the relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on Earth.”
Map Scale
Ratio or Fraction
Written scale
Graphic Scale
1:24,000 1/100
1 inch equals one mile0|----------------|100km
Which would be a good scale for viewing a classroom, a school, a
parish, a country?
A) 1in:1000milesC) 1in:100milesD) 1in:10feetE) 1in:100ft
What is resolution?
“Resolution is a map’s smallest discernable unit. In other words, it is the smallest item you can see on a map.”
What is projection?
“Projection is the scientific method of transferring location on Earth’s surface to a flat map.”
Distortion
Relative Size
Distance or
Direction
Shape
Mercator Projection
The standard map projection for nautical purposes.
Distortion:Size and Shape
Mollweide Projection
Primarily used where accurate representation of area takes precedence over shape
Distortion: Shape and Angle
Robinson Projection
Primarily used to create visually appealing maps of the entire world.
Distortion:Everything
in small amounts.
Azimuthal Equidistant Projection
Used when drawing Polar maps.
Distortion:Shape and distance as one gets farther
from the center.
Fuller Projection
Distortion: Maintains the
accurate shape and size but rearranges direction.
Peters Projection
Often seen as a politically driven map.
Distortion:Retains the accurate
size of landmasses but sacrifices shape.
A) B)
C) D)
What is a reference map?
“A reference map shows locations of places and geographic features.”
What is relative location?
“Relative location is the position on Earth's surface relative to other features.”
Where is Caddo Parish located relatively?
What is absolute location?
“Absolute location is a point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.”
What is longitude?
“Longitude is the numbering system that enumerates meridians, arcs that are drawn between the north and south pole.”
Longitude
0° Longitude runs through Greenwich, England and is known as the Prime Meridian
What is latitude?
“Latitude is the numbering system that enumerates parallels, circles drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.”
Latitude
0° Latitude is the equator.
90° north latitude is the north pole.
90° south latitude is the south pole.
What are time zones?
“A Time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.”
What is the international date line?
“The International Date Line is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, that runs from the north to the south pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next.”
A traveler crossing the International Date Line eastbound subtracts one day, or 24 hours, so that the calendar date to the west of the line is repeated.
The International Date Line
What is a thematic map?
“A thematic map is a type of map or chart especially designed to show a particular theme connected with a specific geographic area.”
Choropleth Maps
Uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols.
Dot Maps
Uses dots in a specific area.
Each dot is a specific quantity.
Isoline Maps
Uses continuous lines joining points of the same
value.
Mental Maps
Shows an person’s internal perception of space.
Cartograms
Expands or shrinks the area of locations to demonstrate different types of data.
The World Population
What does this map show you about the world’s population?
What is GIS?
“GIS or a Geographic Information System is a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.”
Identify the feature above.
Identify this feature above.
Identify this above feature.
For Your Consideration
Imagine that you are a researcher using GIS to determine information. What is a question that
you might be able to answer using the technologies available?
What is GPS?
“GPS or a Global Positioning System determines the precise position of something on Earth through satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.”
What is remote sensing?
“Remote sensing is the acquisition of data about the Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods.”
What is a geographic model?
“A Geographic Model is a simplified way to explain complex patterns, make informed decisions and explain future behaviors.”
Part 3: The Five Themes of Geography
Theme 1: Location
What is site and situation?
“Site is describing a location of a place based on its physical characteristics. Situation is the location of a place relative to other places.”
Describe your town or city only by discussing its location relative to other
places.
Describe your town or city only by discussing its physical characteristics.
Is it Site or Situation?
Much of South Louisiana is made up of swamp-land.
A. SiteB. Situation
Baton Rouge is next to the Mississippi River.
A. SiteB. Situation
The first Woodlawn High School was built on a fault line.
A. SiteB. Situation
The new Woodlawn High School was built next to a church.
A. SiteB. Situation
What is a Toponym?
“A Toponym is the name of something on the Earth.”
Theme 2: Region
What is a region?
“A region is an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics.”
“The physical features, economic features, and cultural features that make up a region are called its cultural landscape.”
What types of regions are there?
Formal Regions
Everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Formal Regions
Borders are easy to track and slow to change.
Formal Regions
Examples: Political regions and long lasting economic regions.
Functional Regions
Organized around a central node.
Functional Regions
Tied to the point by transportation and communication systems or by economic or functional associations.
Functional Regions
Examples: Subway Systems, Newspaper Distribution, Store Distribution
Perceptual Regions
A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
Perceptual Regions
Informal and varies dependent on who is defining them.
Perceptual Regions
Examples: “The South” “The Country”
The next 10 slides ask you to identify if the region shown is
formal, functional, or vernacular.
The Corn Belt
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
The South
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
Kentucky
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
A county in Kentucky
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
Breckenridge County
Eastern Kentucky
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
Eastern Kentucky
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
Chicagoland (Chicago and all the areas served by the city)
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
The Deep South
A. FormalB. FunctionalC. Vernacular
Theme 3: Movement
What is movement?
“Movement is the way that people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another.”
Compare how long it would take you to get from school to the mall (6.2 Miles)
using the following forms of transportation.
1) Walking (3.1 MPH)2) Horse (15 MPH)3) Car (45 MPH)4) Helicopter (100 MPH)
How has the time it takes to travel changed through the years? Why?
What is distance-decay?
“Distance Decay is the lessening interaction between places as the friction of distance increases.”
What is friction-of-distance?
“Friction of Distance is the effect of distance on interaction between places.”
Distance-Decay Models for Stores
What is space-time compression?
“Space-Time Compression is the reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place because of a change in technology.”
1500-1840
1850-1930
1950s
1960s
1980s
What determines the interaction between places?
Proximity
The nearness to important features.
Connectivity
Directness of routes linking pairs of places.
Accessibility
The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from other locations.
What is the Gravity Model?
“The Gravity Model says that the interaction between two places is equal to the product of the places’ population divided by the square of their distance apart.”
The Gravity Model
Where
= the population of place i = the population of place j = the distance between places i and j, squared
1) Larger cities have greater gravitational pull than small ones.2) Two large cities like Los Angeles and New York can still pull on each other even with the distance between them.
Insights from the Gravity Model
What is diffusion?
“Diffusion is the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.”
What is the a Cultural Hearth?
A hearth is the place which an innovation or cultural change originates.
How do cultural elements diffuse?
Core: The “most pure” area that possesses all cultural traits used to define a region.
Domain: The area in which the culture is dominant but less intense.
Sphere: The zone of outer influence where people with the culture traits can even be a minority in another region.
Types of Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion: The diffusion of a characteristic as people move from place to place.
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic through the population.
Can you tell where the cholera outbreak started?
The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places.
Stimulus Diffusion: Spread of an idea after reestablishing it after initial failure.
For Your Consideration:
The next few slides will ask you to identify what type of diffusion is
being discussed.
Fashion Trends from cities to surrounding areas.
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
Christianity not being adopted by its initiating group (the Jews)
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
The serving of Lamb Burgers at McDonalds in India
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
When missionaries try to convert kings first to spread their religion.
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
The spread of Islam from Mecca from individual to individual
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
Italians teaching Americans to make pizza when they moved to North America.
A. ContagiousB. HierarchicalC. StimulusD. Relocation
Theme 4: Place
“Place is an area that is defined by everything in it.”
How do geographers analyze space?
Scale Asks
How does the big affect the
small?
How does the small affect the
big?
What characteristics of the big are
part of the small?
What characteristics
of the small are characteristics
of the big?
How does your perception of cancer rates change when you look at a country and state level map?
What is distribution?
Density
How many things are in one square unit of space?
Concentration
How closely are things related to one another in a space?
Pattern
How are things arranged in a space?
How does this image demonstrate the properties of density, concentration,
and pattern?
Describe this classroom using the words density, concentration, and
pattern.
Theme 5: Human/Environment Interaction
“Human-Environmental Interaction is how humans modify, adapt to, and depend on their environment. Cultural Ecology is the study of human-environment relationships.”
How a physical environment causes social development.
People have the ability to adjust to their environment.Environm
ental Determini
sm
Possibilism
End of Unit 1
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