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Unit 1 - History Of Geography Flashcards

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It is the study of diverse environments, places, and spaces of the Earth’s surface and their interactions

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Geography

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Two fundamental questions geographers seek to answer

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“Where are things located?” and “Why are they located where they are?”

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This theory states, “Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.”

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Waldo Tobler’s First Law of Geography

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This question is based on Waldo Tobler’s First Law of Geography

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How does their location influence things in other place

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Geography came from two Greek words Geo and Graphy which means…?

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To write about the Earth

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The history of geography can be divided into two main parts which are:

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“The history of exploration” and “Mapmaking and academic discipline development”

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Geography was first systematically studied by the ancient ____ who also developed a philosophy of geography

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Greeks

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The ___ contribution to geography was in the exploration and mapping of previously unknown lands.

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Roman

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Greeks geographic learning was maintained and enhanced by the ___ during the Middle Ages

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Arabs

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His journeys in the latter part of the Middle Ages began the revival of geographic interest outside the Muslim world.

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Marco Polo

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This era in Europe explored parts of the world, which led to the voyages of exploration and to great discoveries. It was a mercantile interest rather than a genuine search.

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Renaissance

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During this time, people reintroduced sound theoretical geography in the form of textbooks and maps

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16th and 17th century

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During this time, geography began to achieve recognition as a discipline and was taught at the university level.

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18th century

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He collated information about latitude and longitude, which his idea of geography led to the creation of detailed maps with coordinate systems

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Ptolemy

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His printing press invention around 1445 helped the proliferation of geographic knowledge move faster.

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Gutenberg

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He was inspired by Ptolemy’s Guide to Geography to travel and discover the world. Age of Discovery happened after his mistake due to incomplete ancient geographic knowledge

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Christopher Columbus

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In 1492, he created a spherical glove depicting the Earth in its three-dimensional form.

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Martin Behaim

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The modern period of geography began toward the end of the 18th century with their works (two person)

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Alexander Von Humboldt and Karl Ritter

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The two principal methods of approach to geography can be distinguished:

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The Systematic and The Regional

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20
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During the End of WWII, geography experienced the explosion of knowledge brought on by the new tools of modern technology for the acquisition and manipulation of data, these include:

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Aerial Photography, Remote Sensors, and Computer

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21
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Today’s geography is studied by ______ and in many of the world’s universities

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Government agencies

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These are the five scholars that attributed the foundation of modern geography:

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Immanuel Kant, Alexander Von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Ratzel, and Carl Sauer

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23
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The two main areas of geography are:

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Physical Geography and Human Geography

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This main area of geography regards the natural processes of the Earth, such as climate and plate tectonics

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Physical Geography

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This main area of geography looks at the impact and behavior of people and how they relate to the physical world.

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Human Geography

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The main area of geography that looks at the connection between physical and human geography

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Environmental Geography

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This area of Physical Geography studies the shape of the Earth’s surface and how it comes out

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Geomorphology

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This area of Physical Geography focuses on the Earth’s water

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Hydrology

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This area of Physical Geography concerned with glaciers and ice sheets

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Glaciology

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This area of Physical Geography studies species, how species are distributed, and why

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Biogeography

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This area of Physical Geography focuses on climate

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Climatology

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This area of Physical Geography studies about soils

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Pedology

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This area of Physical Geography is concerned with how the continents have moved over time

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Paleo geography

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This area of Physical Geography deals with the effect of ocean and land upon each other

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Coastal Geography

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This area of Physical Geography studies the oceans and seas

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Oceanography

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This area of Physical Geography studies the geography of the last 2.6 million years

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Quaternary Science

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This area of Physical Geography deals with how the landscape affects things like the distribution of plants and animals

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Landscape Ecology

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This area of Physical Geography involves gathering, storing, and processing of geographic information like making maps

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Geomatics

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This area of Human Geography deals with how things like religion, language, and government vary across the world

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Cultural Geography

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This area of Human Geography is concerned with standards of living and quality of life across the world

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Development Geography

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This area of Human Geography deals with how people have studied and thought about geography in the past

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Historical Geography

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This area of Human Geography studies how populations grow in different places and people migrate

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Population Geography

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This area of Human Geography studies cities and built-up areas

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Urban Geography

44
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This is a place where a particular point or object exists and is fundamental to geography

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Location

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These four features describe the “where” of a location

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Toponym, Situation, Site, and Mathematical Location

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This is also known as the place-name (ex. Malolos City)

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Toponym

47
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This is also known as the relative location (ex. 45 kilometers North of Manila)

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Situation

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This is the actual location of a settlement on the Earth (ex. Malolos City lies at the head of the Pampanga River delta, near the northern shore of Manila Bay)

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Site

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This is the precise statement of location using a measurement system (ex. Malolos City is 14.8527° North, 120.8160° East)

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Mathematical Location

50
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The two sets of organizational tools or analysis methods to answer the second geographic question “Why”

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Regional Analysis and Spatial Analysis

51
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This analysis is the understanding of the similarities and differences relative to the relationships between people and places

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Regional Analysis

52
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Regions are classified into three types which are:

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Formal, Functional, and Vernacular

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This region consists of governmental, administrative, or political boundaries that can separate states, provinces, or countries

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Formal Region

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This region has boundaries intended for a practical function within a particular area

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Functional Region

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This region is a more loosely defined boundary that is based on people’s perceptions

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Vernacular Region

56
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This analysis focuses on the interactions between two or more areas including the diffusion or spread of people and their characteristics from one place to another over time

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Spatial Analysis

57
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During the 18th century, geography began to achieve recognition as a discipline and was taught at the _____.

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University Level

58
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During the 16th-17th century, people reintroduced ____ in the form of textbooks and maps

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Sound theoretical geography

59
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Geography came from two Greek words which are:

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Geo and Graphy

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