GEOG 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Continental Drift, Supercontinent, Oceanic Basin

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 213
• Professor: Aaron Williams

Document Summary

Mental map: generally layout of places we frequently know, i. e home, school etc, more places we go this expands. Geography: social and natural science, terrestrial space, social and natural space, patterns and processes that organize social and natural; spaces, spatial perspective, spatial patterns crucial to how we live and organize our societies. Environment and society: human and physical environment, two way street, humans transform the environment but are also dependent on the. Spatial patterns environment: k(cid:374)owledge of lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)/distri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) of earths features o(cid:374) earth"s surfa(cid:272)e, human and natural world- culture and climate, historical perspective, spatial vocabulary, terms describe patterns- past, present and the future. Scale and scope: map scale, compares area and detail, operational scale, social and natural processes play out by analysis. Geographic realms: regions with combinations of cultural, environmental and organizational properties, criteria, physical and human, functional. Interaction of human societies and the natural environment: historical, based on physical and historical evolution.