 |  Introduction to Geography, 8/e Arthur Getis,
San Diego State University
Judith Getis
Jerome D. Fellmann,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Introduction
Objectives:After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
1.Understand what is meant by the term "geography" and why it is important to be geographically literate. |
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Understand how the field of geography evolved.
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Recognize the types of employment available to professionally trained geographers.
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Know the six questions that geographers ask to understand the nature of geography.
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Understand that size and scale can affect the interpretation of geographic phenomena.
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To be able to identify places in terms of their absolute and relative location. |
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Distinguish between physical and cultural landscapes and how humans can change the attributes of a place.
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Know what is meant by accessibility, connectivity, and distance decay when concerned with the interaction among places.
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| | | 9.Classify regional descriptions as being either "formal" or "functional." |
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Identify the four traditions of geography, and know each of their approaches to geographic understanding.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education