This unit explores the core concepts of geography and lays the framework for basic geographical skills we will use throughout the course including map literacy, cartography, sense of place, regionalization, diffusion, globalization and sustainability. We will explore where things are and why it matters and practice organizing information spatially. Key Issues 1. What is human geography? 2. What are geographic questions? 3. Why do geographers use maps and what do maps tell us? 4. Why are geographers concerned with scale and connectedness? 5. What are geographic concepts and how are they used in answering geographic questions? Supplement Key Issues: How have humans altered Earth's environment? Why are some actions not sustainable? (Rubenstein) |
Unit 1 Assignments
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Unit 1 Video Clips
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Unit 1 Resources
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Unit 1 Map Skills
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Basic Map References- Map Quiz 1 | |
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World Regions Cheat Sheet | |
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