GEOG 301 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Hudson Valley, Merrimack River, Laurentide Ice Sheet
7 Feb 2017
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Dryasdust geography: a mass of boring isolated facts, no animating principle (no meaning) The skilled eye of a geographer: suggests geography is a way of seeing the world and its significance. Soils, landscapes, artifacts, etc. (making sense of it) Romance of geography: rich history and understanding them, crowded with wonders, opportunities, and memories. Haunted, holy grounds: where things have happened and how it affects the present, shape of the land. Earth"s surfa(cid:272)e is (cid:374)ot u(cid:374)ifor(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:373)ultifor(cid:373)(cid:895: distributional differences. Represent distinctive fields of geography: areal differe(cid:374)tiatio(cid:374) of earth"s surfa(cid:272)e. Different ways humans have inhabited and adapted to the differences. Extremely varied face of u. s: landscape (shared land) Portio(cid:374) of earth"s surfa(cid:272)e that has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) shaped. The question of why the landscape has changed. Satisfies wants and physical setting to carry out wants and needs: an objective expression. Learning to see: deeper meaning, (cid:862)(cid:373)orphologi(cid:272) eye(cid:863) Notices shape, changes of shape, and wonders the cause of both: spatial system or compage.
