GEOG 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Carl O. Sauer, Regional Geography, Carl Ritter

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Geography: land, interactions, locations, and maps, place, patterns of migration. Place: context for human action that is rich in human significance/meaning. Place tradition: interpret and understand underlying meanings/ values/ beliefs/ characteristics of a particular region such as natural elements, human elements, and regionalization. ideologies inherent in human modified portion of earth. Landscapes. carl sauer + yi fu tuan. techniques, in particular multivariate analysis, in geographical research. meaning, and significance. interpretations are possible. tradition. Spatial tradition: explain location/ movement/ distribution of phenomena. Human-environment tradition: interaction/relationship between human + env(cid:495)t. biotic/abiotic systems + processes above, on, or below earth. questions that scientific observations are repeatable, and that science progresses through the construction of theories and derivation of laws. Area studies tradition: regional geography; explain/identify variable character of. Cartography: conception, production, dissemination, and study of maps. Quantitative revolution: led to an increased use of computerized statistical. Positivism: philosophy that contends that science is able to deal only with empirical.