[GEO 110] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 21 pages long Study Guide!
5 Oct 2016
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Geography: to describe or write about the earth is the science that studies the lands, features, and phenomena of the earth: first person credited with using word geography was eratosthenes (276-194 bc). Although there are four historic traditions in geographical research, geography is divided into two main branches: human & physical. Geography as an academic discipline: geography as a stand-alone academic discipline is a relatively recent thing. From the keltie report of 1886 (p. 71: sir john scott keltie (1840-1927) was a highly active member of the royal geographical society, serving as its inspector of geographical education and later as secretary of the society. Report served as a powerful justification for university-level geography. Panson (1963) the four tradi6ons of geography. ncge: spatial (mapping, gis, rs, modeling, quantitative techniques, area studies (regional geography at all scales, man-land (human geography in all its forms, perception, hazards, earth science (physical geography) Development of theory of plate tectonics as example of scientific method.
