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What is human geography? Delaney Johnson Alicia Frost Samantha Priddy

Main Ideas “Human geography is the study of human activities on earth’s surface.” (Marsh, Meredith) The first scholars began studying 3,000 years ago. (Marsh, Meredith) Three major fields: Human geography, physical geography, and environmental geography. (Marsh, Meredith) Spatial perspective helps geographers look at how the world changes over space. (Marsh, Meredith) No matter what area of human geography one studies, they will all use spatial perspective to better understand the world we live in. (Marsh, Meredith) McHugh

Subtopics of Human Geography (Marsh, Meredith) Cultural Geography Anthropology Sociology History Political Geography Political Science Population Geography Demography Urban Geography Urban Studies Urban Social Science Planning Social Geography Sociology Language Religious Studies Economic Geography Regional economics Economics Behavioral Geography Psychology Economics (Geography)

Vocabulary (Marsh, Meredith) Anthropogenic W.D. Pattison Cultural ecology Ptolemy Cultural landscape Remote sensing Earth system science Carl Sauer Eratosthenes Spatial perspective Geographical Information Systems Systematic geography Thematic layers Idiographic Vernacular regions George Perkins Marsh Nomothetic

People Eratosthenes- head librarian at Alexandria during the third century B.C. ; he was one of the first cartographers. He computed an accurate measurement of the earth’s circumference. Coined the word “geography”. (Marsh, Meredith) Ptolemy- Roman geography/astronomer/author, wrote Guide to Geography which had maps using latitude and longitude. (Marsh, Meredith) (Eratosthenes) (Sun)

People cont. George Perkins Marsh- inventor/diplomat/politician/scholar; wrote Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action, and he provided the first description of how nature has been changed by humans. (Marsh, Meredith) (Marsh, George)

Useful Sites www.studystack.com www.geography.about.com www.quizlet.com

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