GEOG 1HB3 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
12 Dec 2018
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Terms from intro and chapter 1, assume nothing else is important. Landscape: a major concern of geographic study; the characteristics of a particular area especially as created through human activity. Location: a specific part of earths surface; an area where something is situated. Globalization: a complex combination of economic, political, and cultural changes that have accelerated markedly since about 1980, bringing about seemingly ever increase connectedness of both people and places. Region: a part of the earth"s surface that displays internal homogeneity and is relatively distinct from surrounding areas according to some criterion or criteria; regions are intellectual creations. Less developed world: all countries not classified as more developed; countries characterized by a low standard of living. More developed world: europe, north america, australia, japan etc. countries characterized by high standard of living. Discourse: a system of ideas or knowledge that serves as the context through which new facts and ideas are understood.
