GEOG 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1000
• Professor: Peter Vandergeest

Document Summary

Broad discipline: physical, human, human-environment: des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e. Aerial differentiation: describing how locations differ: political, social, economic features: examines the processes that give rise to differences and similarities from place to place (interdependence) How did they emerge and how are they changing ways to organize the world. A(cid:374)a(cid:454)i(cid:373)a(cid:374)der"s (cid:373)ap: europe (centered, asia, libya. The continents: are arbitrary, not objective, overlook differences within continents, are static, cultural, well known. 1st, 2nd and 3rd world: emerged from cold war politics, came to represent economic divisions, static and out of date. Culturally, socially the west vs the east: reinforces stereotypes. (cid:862)the (cid:449)est(cid:863) is po(cid:449)erful, (cid:449)ealth(cid:455), a pla(cid:272)e of reaso(cid:374), progress, de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:862)the east(cid:863) is (cid:449)eak, poor, (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:449)ard, stag(cid:374)a(cid:374)t, a(cid:374)d undemocratic: over generalizes, static. Developed vs. less developed: development measured as income, reproduces division between political divisions (1,2,3 world and west vs east) (cid:862)the i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)ter(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted(cid:374)ess of the differe(cid:374)t parts of the world through common pro(cid:272)esses of e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272), e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal, politi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ultural (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge(cid:863)