GEOG 1001 Lecture : GEOG 1001 Semester Notes
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Geography- how people interact with their land and how that differs place to place: study features of earth, human activity and how its effected by population, land use, ect. Units of similarity- used to categorize regions: formal- distinct boundaries based on shared measurable traits, ex. Language, income, religion, ect: often defined by physical features, based on measurable data, functional- a certain activity or organization defined by a system of interactions (wheel example, spokes represent connection to a central city (ex. In louisiana buries the dead above ground because we are so low to sea level, no other state does that. Cultural landscape- visible material expression of human settlements reflects basic needs of shelter, food, and work. Scale- size and extent of an area; gives a way to have various levels of analysis and how things are interconnected. Human- spatial analysis of economic, social and cultural systems (gis:
