chapt 1 test Flashcards
why is malnutrition a problem in kenya?
- colonial impact of growing coffee and tea
- foreign owned lands
- globalization
what are the 3 main reasons for malnutrition
- poverty
- failure of food distribution systems
- cultural practices that favor males over females
how did human geography emerge as a field of study?
whats the four traditions in geography
william pattison • human ecology • regional geography • physical geography • human geography
what are the five themes?
location place region movement human-enviroment
what were pattisons other two fields of geographic study?
regional geography: looking at each area of the world individually
physical geography: earth- science , climate , landforms
what is a model?
a simplified and generalized version of real events in order to facilitate an understanding of its workings
what are key concepts in geographic thinking?
location - absolute vs relative, site, situation space place scale pattern regionalization globalization
examples of space
- where is the population growth
- what factors contribute to who the US trades or those we do not
- what areas of the world are expending human settlement
- location affect culture, economic activities, and politics
what is contagious and what is an example
nearly all adjacent individuals and places are affected (islam relgion)
what is hierarchical and give an example
there is a specific connection to the spread of the triat (crocs)
what is stimulus and give and example?
veggie burgers im india(dont eat beef)
what is distance decay?
increase im transportation, technology, and communications leads to more connectivity
who wrote an article about human impact on physical landscapes
carl sauer
who coined the phrase “sequent occupancy” referring to a layering effect people have on places
derwent whittlesey
how can scale distort information?
depending on the scale you use, you can see different things
what are examples of patterns?
concentrated, dispersed, geometric, clustard
regionalization is the process of
categorizing places
what are the three types of regions?
formal
functional
perceptual or vernacular
what are perceptual or vernacular regions?
regions based on perceptuons of people
each place is affected by and each place reflects the culture of the ppl in that place over time
each place is affected by and each place reflects the culture of the ppl in that place over time
why are maps so important?
its good to have a working understanding of the physical word to be able to answer important questions
who is ron johnston, peter taylor, and michael watts?
jj
who said the def of geography was “why of where”
marvin mikesell
who founded the disease chlorea thag spreaded around india?
john snow
