GPHY 101 Chapter 1-12: GPHY101 - Human Geography - TXTBOOK
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Time frame = confusing because there are old cards, but lots of ads for sim cards) Contemporary geography: the scientific study of the location of people + activities across earth and the reasons for their distribution. People are pulled in opposite directions by 2 factors: globalization, local diversity. Geography based on 2 greek words, geo = earth and graphy = to write: geography = the study of where things are found on earth"s surface and reasons for the location. Divided into 2 categories: human geography: the study of where and why human activities are located where they are. Example: religions, businesses and cities: physical geography: studies where and why natural forces occur as they do . Example: climates, land forms, and types of vegetation. Geography uses reliance on maps to display and analyze information: map: a two dimensional or flat-scale model of earth"s surface, or a portion of it.
