GEOG 1001 Midterm: Exam 1 Study Guide And Notes
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January 21: where matters, alot of other places are less well off than the united states. Poorer countries: we study the decisions that they make, geo+graphy o. Earth writing : spatial variation, how and why things differ from place to place, natural phenomenon versus human creation, how people make the world into their home loaded with symbolism, how we leave a cultural imprint. You know you"re in louisiana when : cultural landscapes o visible material expression of human settlement past and present, what we see when we go somewhere culture interaction, what does their uniqueness say about their culture. Your own perspective: how people take abstract places and transform them into unique places. Someone else"s perspective tourism live there family reading research in class film o constantly bombarded with images of other people/places/cultures be critical of those images. 5 motivations for learning about other cultures: curiosity exploration science colonialism, economical/political getting resources consolidating power, religious crusades.
