Geography
where?- study of place and space
what?- studies the location and distribution
why?- relationship between human activity and natural environment
What is geography?
continental drift (Alfred Wegener)
Pangaea ("all earth", super continent)
What are the physical landscapes?
Germany:divided into communist (east) and democratic (west)
What is the Western Europe?
formal:a certain degree of homogeneous agricultural activities within the regions
hinterland: "country behind"
What are regions?
Wal-mart
Starbucks
McDonald's
What are examples of globalization?
4 major ones...
East Asia
South Asia
Europe
Eastern North America
What are the population clusters?
world map: LARGE area with LITTLE detail (1:100000000)
local map: SMALL area with LOTS of detail (1:30000)
technological revolution: remote sensing (wildfire response and mitigation), satellite imageries (track hurricanes), and geographic information system (emergency response)
What are map stuff?
Brexit: Britain exit, citizens tired of issuing absorbing migrants, bailing out troubled economies
What is the British Isles?
venture involving 2 countries
1. 1944 Benelux Agreement (rebuild)
2. Marshall Plan (remove trade barriers)
3. OEEU (stabilize)
4. European Union (common market)
What is supranationalism?
the next big trend in the map revolution
What is virtual reality?
spatial criteria: largest geographic units
interaction between human societies and natural environments
great clusters of humankind
change over time
What are geographical realms?
affected by 3 environmental conditions: latitudinal position, continental position, location of major mountains
What is climate?
Norway: among the world leaders in offshore petroleum technology
Denmark: offshore wind turbines (wind power)
Sweden
Finland
What is Northern Europe?
refers to the forcible ouster of entire populations from their homelands by stronger powers bent on taking their territories (expulsion of Jews in Germany-Holocaust)
What is ethnic cleansing?
we study geography by
What is a systematic approach?
remains a region with world influence
high degree of specialization
urbanized population with relative high standard of living
What are the major geographic qualities of EUROPE?
Central Uplands, Alpine mountains, Western Uplands, North European Lowlands
What are physical landscapes of Europe?
Italy: displays a sharp north/south contrast (Ancona Line)
the Vasco de Gama Bridge: INCORPORATES EUROPE'S POOREST COUNTRY: MOLDOVA
What is Mediterranean Europe?
policy of cultural extension and political expansion aimed at a national group living in a neighboring country (Case of Crimea: Annexation by Russia)
What is irredentism?
corn belt in the US
What is an example of a formal region?
largest territorial state
northernmost large and populous country
former world empire and colonial power
small and concentrated population
clustered development
multicultural state
minimal ice-free ports
What are geographic qualities of RUSSIA?
tundra: flat treeless Arctic region with a permafrost
taiga: snow forest
What is the difference between tundra and taiga?
Spain and Portugal: economic growth has declined
Poland: Warsaw- primate
Hungary: Budapest-primate
Czech Republic: Prague-primate
What is Eastern Europe?
11 time zones
twice the size of U.S. or China
Siberia: "sleeping land"
What is dimension?