Prelim Flashcards

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made of expressing oneself

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Art

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creates art

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Artist

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characteristics of the artist for them to create art

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Artistic

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– visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skills or imagination
– said that Arts is as outlet of human expression usually influenced by culture and driven by human creative impulse
– Many of us assume that a work of art should be beautiful even the art’s entire purpose is to beautiful

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Arts & Humanities

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Importance of Arts

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● Drives our existence
● Satisfies the needs for personal expression
● Develops our skills to express ourselves
● Challenge us to see things differently
● Unleashes our hidden desires and passion
● Changes our way of life
● It lets us see the truth that we might not understand before
● Gives pleasure, satisfaction, and gratification

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Importance of Humanities

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● Humanities are the key to understanding the diversity and richness of all cultures
● Humanities are socially useful for critical and imaginative thinking about the issues that confront us as citizens and as human beings

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Types of Arts

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Visual Arts
Literary Arts
Performing Arts
New Media & Digital Arts

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– created from line, color shape, form, texture and composition to convery ideas, emotions, and narratives
– an art category that includes traditional fine art forms like painting, drawing, and printmaking, as well newer mediums such as photography and mixed media

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Visual Arts

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– captivate, inspire, and challenge audiences through the written and spoken artistic expression
– weave tales that transport us to different worlds and make us ponder life’s mysteries
– poetry, prose, drama, essays, and story telling in different flavors, like fiction, nonfiction and memoirs
– continue to evolve and shape our understanding of the human experiences

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Literary Arts

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where performers use their bodies, voices, and instruments to convey narratives, emotions, and ideas

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Performing Arts

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forms utilize digital technologies, software, and algorithms to create dynamic and interactive experiences including digital painting, interactive virtual experiences

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New Media & Digital Arts

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10 Branches of Humanities

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● History
● Linguistics
● Philosophy
● Literature
● Religious Studies
● Geography
● Social Sciences
● Psychology
● Sociology
● Education

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– the systematic study and documentation of the human past
– an umbrella term comprising past events one wall as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events

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History

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based on a theoretical as well as a descriptive study of language and is also interlinked with the applied fields of language studies and language learning, which entails the study of specific language

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Linguistics

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a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language

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Philosophy

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any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems

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Literature

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the scientific study of religion

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Religious Studies

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an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities, not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and came to be

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Geography

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– one of the branches of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies

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Social Sciences

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its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious
and unconscious

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Psychology

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the scientific study of human society that focuses in society, human behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life

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Sociology

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the transmission of knowedge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various
form

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Education

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Literature is derived from the Latin word?

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litaritura/litteratura meaning “writing formed with letters”

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a literary piece containing syllabication, rhythm

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Poem

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contains words form into sentences then form into ideas

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Prose

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a form of paper written with the objectives to analyze and break down a literary piece

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Literary Analysis

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Types of Conflicts

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◆ Man vs. Self
◆ Man vs. Man
◆ Man vs. Nature
◆ Man vs. Society
◆ Man vs. Technology

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an internal conflict, meaning that the opposition the character faces is coming from within

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Man vs. Self

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a common type of conflict in which one character’s needs or wants are at odds with another’s

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Man vs. Man

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when a character is set in opposition to nature

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Man vs. Nature

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an external conflict that occurs in literature when the protagonist is placed in opposition with society, the government, or a cultural tradition or societal norm of some kind

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Man vs. Society

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when a character is in conflict with some kind of technology

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Man vs. Technology

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Elements when analyzing themes

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◆ Figurative Language
◆ Point of View
◆ Symbolism
◆ Conflict

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How authors reveal characterization

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◆ Thoughts
◆ Thought of others
◆ Dialogues
◆ Actions

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the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work

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Theme

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provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward

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Conflict

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the description of a character’s physical traits (how a character looks), point of view, personality, private thoughts, and actions

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Characterizations

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a school of thought or style of literary analysis that gives readers a means to critique the ideas and principles of literature

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Literary Theory

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another term for literary theory

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hermeneutics

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5 Approaches to Literary Criticism

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● Cultural Studies
● Formalism
● Reader-response
● Psychoanalytic Criticism
● Deconstruction/Deconstructionism

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– the context of the setting towards the plot
– focuses on significant events, key figures, socio-cultural environment

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Cultural Studies

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– caters the conventions of the language
– focuses on grammar & chromatics
– compels readers to judge the artistic merit of literature by examining its formal elements, like language and technical skill
– favors a literary canon of works that exemplify the highest standards of literature, as determined by formalist critics

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Formalism

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– all about how the reader interprets the text
– rooted in the belief that a reader’s reaction to or interpretation of a text is as valuable a source of critical study as the text itself

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Reader-response

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focuses on mind and behavior of the character and its effects to the plot

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Psychoanalytic Criticism

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looks to the neuroses and psychological states of characters in literature to interpret a text’s meaning

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Psychoanalytic Criticism

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– analyzes each argument within the literary text
– deconstructing feast to bask for erguments and propasing a counterargument

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Deconstruction/Deconstructionism

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Who proposed Deconstruction/Deconstructionism?

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Jacques Derrida

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Sequence of Literary Analysis

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○ Beginning
○ Middle
○ End

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Parts of Literary Analysis

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○ Introduction
○ Body
○ Conclusion

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used to describe the conflict/problem faced by the character/subject

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Beginning

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used to describe the climax or crisis reached by the character/subject

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Middle

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used to resolve the conflict/problem and establish a theme

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End

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Conducting a Basic Critique for Beginners

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  1. Read the literature carefully
  2. Create a graphic organizer
  3. Think about the literal meaning
  4. Think about the author’s meaning
  5. Form a thesis statement
  6. Locate evidence in the literature
  7. Make an outline
  8. Write the essay
  9. Revise the essay
54
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defined as the field of knowledge that studies the relationship between the earth and its people

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Geography

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Geography comes from the Greek words?

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“geo” (the earth) & “graphas” (to write or describe)

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interested in where people, plants and animals live, where rivers, lakes, mountains, cities and other geographic features can be found and how they are interrelated

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Geographers

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Basic Concepts of Geography

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● the study of area differentiation of the earth’s surface
● the study of natural relationships between people and their environment
● the study of the physical features of the Earth’s surface and the various human activities that take place on it

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Physical (natural) Elements — Hydrosphere

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○ water features, oceans, seas, lakes, streams, ponds, sheet flows, soil water, and other underground water

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Cultural (human) Elements — Hydrosphere

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○ population, numbers, densities, and patterns of distribution

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Physical (natural) Elements — Lithosphere

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○ landforms, major and minor including rocks and minerals

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Cultural (human) Elements — Lithosphere

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Cultural Inheritance: man’s aquired capabilities, habits and institutions, especially those that relate to his uses of the physical elements of the habitat

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Physical (natural) Elements — Atmosphere

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○ Soils: group & individual types
○ Mineral Resources: actual & potential

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Cultural (human) Elements — Atmosphere

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○ Major Occupations: hunting, fishing, gathering, mining, lumbering, agriculture, and animal husbandry, manufacturing, trade & services

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Physical (natural) Elements — Biosphere

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○ Climate & Weather: long term and short-term behavior of the atmosphere

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Cultural (human) Elements — Biosphere

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Major Works: structures, rural & urban settlements, routes & methods of transportation & communication

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Branches of Geography

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● Regional Geography
● Topical Geography
● Physical Geography
● Human Geography

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Deals with all of many of the geagraphic elements of a place or region. Within the region, it investigates and analyzes the distribution and association of elements that give the region its distinctive character.

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Regional Geography

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It concentrates on the study of the earth’s feature or human activity as it occurs throughout the world. The worldwide patterns of soil quality and railroad transportation is example of it.

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Topical Geography

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It is concerned with the location of such earth features as land, water, and climate; their relationship to one another and to human activities; and the forces that create and change them.

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Physical Geography

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Its primary concern is man and his works so that it is closely allied with the other social sciences such as economics, political science, history, sociology, and anthropology.

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Human Geography

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Subdivision of Physical Geography

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○ Geomorphology
○ Climatology
○ Mathematical Geography
○ Oceanography
○ Hydrology
○ Medical Geography
○ Pedogenesis
○ Biogeography

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studies lands and water forms as well as the development of irregularities in the surface of the earth

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Geomorphology

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analyzes difference and similarities in climate from place to place

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Climatology

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has to do with the accurate measurements of the earth and the calculation of the exact location of points on the earth’s surface

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Mathematical Geography

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study of the ocean and is phenomena, current wave activity, temperature differences and tides

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Oceanography

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deals with the study of the hydrosphere

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Hydrology

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study of the relationship between disease causing organisms and their physical environment

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Medical Geography

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deals with the process of soil formation and is related to Pedology, a branch of science that studies soil

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Pedogenesis

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concerned with the study of the geographical distribution of plants, known as plant geography and phytogeography

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Biogeography

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Kinds of Human Geography

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● Cultural Geography
● Population Geography
● Political Geography
● Historical Geography
● Urban Geography
● Economic Geography

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deals with the study of the distribution of cultural traits such as customs, traditions, taboos, religions, dialeuts, and dwellings

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Cultural Geography

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deals with the study of the numbers and distribution of people

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Population Geography

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deals with the study of the relationship between the political units such as provinces or states, nations, or unions of nations

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Political Geography

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the study of the manner by which geographic patterns of man and his works change through time

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Historical Geography

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the study of cities with the important roles that cities play in the life of the nation

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Urban Geography

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the study of the widely varying economic conditions across the earth

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Economic Geography