GEOG101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Regional Geography, Spatial Analysis, Human Geography
11 Apr 2013
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Began to cover more than short, local areas. Greeks were first to establish colonies and create civilization. Greeks initiated 2 geographic traditions, literary and mathematical. Hipparchus came up with the grid system (latitude aka parallels and longitude aka meridians)- He was responsible for mapping the curved surface of the earth on a flat surface. Herodotus was an established historian and geographer (made it clear that geography was a necessary background to history) Aristotle was responsible for making relationships between latitude, climate and population density. Eratosthenes (considered father of geography) mapped the mediterranean region and adjacent areas in europe, africa and asia. Thales took a scientific view of the world and predicted an eclipse of the sun. By the 5th century greeks predicted the earth to be a sphere and eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth. Physical geography- geographers saw physical geography as paramount (environmental determinist school) Human geography- relevant subject matter (landscape school)
