Lecture 1

Question 1

“We would be well served to remind ourselves that as geographers, often our first understanding of space…

Answer 1

…..begins with the space of experience.”

Question 2

Geography is one oldest forms of inquiry. T/F

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When was the term “geography” first coined and by whom?

Answer 3

Eratosthenes first coined the term over 2200 years ago.

Question 4

What does Geo mean?

Answer 4

Earth

Question 5

What does “graphy” mean?

Answer 5

To write

Question 6

What does geography mean?

Answer 6

Earth writing or earth description. It was writing about one’s observations of the earth

Question 7

What were the first geographers?

Answer 7

Travel writers and map makers. They would travel to a location and write/depict what they saw (their accounts were not always accurate).

Question 8

How do the first geographers differ from modern geographers?

Answer 8

They didn’t try to explain. Modern day geographers try to accomplish both tasks

Question 9

The modern definition of geography has three interrelated components. What are they?

Answer 9

1. There is the “where” or spatial component which underlies all forms of geographic investigation
2. There is the “what” or content which varies depending on the nature of the investigation
3. And there is the “why” or process component which attempts to answer the questions posed by the investigation