GRG 305 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Popular Consensus, Pragmatism, Scientific Method
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Contemporary human geography- a cultural approach: introduction. Region: grouping of similar places or of places with similar characteristics. Find variations among regions and places by describing them as precisely as possible. Pragmatism: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that"s based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Our geographical curiosity was reinforced by the practical motives of traders and empire builders who wanted information about the world for the purposes of commerce and conquest. Catalogued factual information about locations, places, and products. Geography: the study of spatial patterns and of differences and similarities from one place to another in environment and culture. Human geography: study of the relationships between people and the places and spaces in which they live. A cultural approach to the study of human geography implies an emphasis on the meanings, values, attitudes, and beliefs that different groups of people around the world lend to and derive from places and spaces.
