GEOG 1003 : GEOG1003 Exam 1
Document Summary
Geog1003: introduction to human geography asia and africa spring 2016: exam 1. Chapter 1: world regions in global context: the etymology of the word geography", the language it derived from and its meaning. Comes from the greek word geographia and translates to "writing the world" geo - earth: the various types of shared characteristics that enable us to define distinct global regions. Environment, society, history, economy, territory, culture, populations, future geographies: the definitions of systems, interdependence and change provided in the textbook. A set of elements linked together so that change in one element often results in change in another: the processes of globalization and regionalization. What each term refers to, how they are related and how they operate together. Globalization - the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change.
