GEOG 1001 : Test 1
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1/17/2013 8:38:00 pm: european map quiz- thursday, january 24. 354-list of countries and physical features: famous geographers: Prince william: **5 key themes of geography** Place- unique properties of a place, no two places on earth are alike. Movement- communication, circulation, migration, and diffusion across the earth"s surface. Region- an area defined by uniform characteristics. Human-earth relationships- human interaction with an environment, resource exploitation, environmental pollution, hazard perception. Differentiation- describe and explain the differences between places integration-describe and explain linkages or connections between places. Cautions: no region is homogenous throughout, regional borders are fuzzy, obscures global connections. Globalization- increasing interconnectedness of people and placers through converging processes of economic, political and cultural change. How places remain distinct more interconnected and interdependent. Converging currents of globalization: global communication, global transportation, powerful transnational corporations and financial institutions, international free trade agreements, market economies and privatization, homogenous global consumer culture, economic inequity, disparities.
