GEOG-130 Lecture 1: Cultural Geography - 1
25 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Leo Ellis
Cultural Geography
Geog-130
Geography The study of patents and processes on the earths surface
Geo = The World Graphei => to write
● Human Geography the spatial patterns of people, their cultures, economies,
settlements, political and social structures, and behavior
● the study of not just the spatial organization of human activities, but also the
significant meanings attached to the places where these activities take place
What is where(Description, regional,spatial,environmental) Why
there(Explanation/Understanding) Why care ( Meaning, interpretation) Charles Gritzner
• Human Geography:
– Description of the spatial organization (patterns) of people, places, and human
phenomena
– Explanation of the processes that produce these patterns
– Interpretation of what these patterns mean (i.e. the significance or meaning
of these patterns)
Landscape: A major concern of geographic study, the characteristics of a particular area
especially created through human activity.
Region: A part of the earth’s surface that displays internal homogeneity and is relatively
distinct from surrounding areas according to some criterion or criteria; Regions are
intellectual creations
Location: A term that refers to a specific part of the earth’s surface, and area where
something is situated
Globalization: A complex combination of economic, political and cultural changes that
have long been evident but that have accelerated markedly since about 1980, bringing about a
seemingly everincreasing connectedness of both people and place
Two branches of geography:
1. Physical geography
