GEOG 1700 Lecture 3: What is Geography?
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We will start class preparation assignments (cpas) with the chapter 1 cpa on. There will also be a cpa on a mix of chapters 2 and 3 for next week. There will be an ungraded in class activities today and friday. Ground rules: don"t text, don"t do other homework, no video games, no work from other classes, no online activity related to non-class. Study world and multitude of peoples and places they create. How people"s perceptions of places and others influence ways they interact. Geography: study of people, place, environment and space. Place: toponym (meaning of the name and description of the place), site, situation. Movement: travel of people, goods and ideas. A geographically informed person is someone who: Applies spatial and ecological perspectives to life situations. Sees meaning in the spatial arrangement of things. See"s relations among people, places, and environments.
