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| Spatial & natural analysis of human phenomena |
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| How is Geogroahy Studied ? |
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Study of the Earth
Distribution of life
Connection of human and physical |
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| Deals with the Earths natural processes and their outcomes |
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| Three interactinos of physical geograpy |
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| 1. Climate (weather conditions) 2. Vegetation (landforms, soil formation 3. Life (plant & animal ecology |
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| The study of spatial organization and human activity with people and the environment |
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| Types of Questions Geograpers may ask |
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1. Generic questions: have to do with Earth’s space that cannot be answered without a framework of content.
2. Genetic questions: have to do with the sequence of events; past changes (ex: anticipating future events)
3. Theoretical questions: deal with the formulation of empirical generalizations or of general laws.
4. Remedial Questions: apply geographical concepts to solve politcal 5. Methodological questions: experiments and new methods of study; new techniques of observations and analysis; cartography |
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| Distance & Direction, Accessibility, Place, Region, Location, Space, Spatial interaction, Space |
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| Geography derives from the Greek γεωγραφία – geographia. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). However there is evidence for recognizable practices of geography, such as cartography (or map-making) prior to the use of the term geography. |
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considered to be the founding father of physical geography.
Geography defined:
· The study of earth and its features.
· The study of the distribution of life, including human life.
· The study of the effects of humanity on physical spaces and vice versa.
Mass/man relationship
The spacial analysis of natural and human phenomenon |
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| When as the American & Canadian National Geographic founded? |
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| American: 1888 Canadian: 1929 |
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· ancient Greek poet and considered by the Greeks to be the founder of geography
· Homer was the first geographer to have recorded his work
· Homer describes a circular world ringed by a single massive ocean. The works show that the Greeks by the 8th century BC had considerable knowledge of the geography of the eastern Mediterranean. |
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· Thales of Miletus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
· was regarded as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition.
· Is one of the first known philosophers known to have wondered about the shape of the world
· He proposed that the world was based on water, and that all things grew out of it.
· He also laid down many of the astronomical and mathematical rules that would allow geography to be studied scientifically. |
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| the first person known to have attempted to create a scale map of the known world |
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Created a map of of the world
· In this map, Africa and Asia are included in one land mass, Europe in another, and how everything outside was thought to be an ocean.
· He was the first to try and describe the earth around the Mediterranean.
· He learnt about the world by gathering previous works and speaking to the sailors who came through the busy port of Miletus (kind of like how Herodotus got his Historical, and some geographical, info).
· He wrote a detailed account of what was known of the world similar to the work of Herodotus (The Histories).
Herodotus made important observations about geography. He is the first to have noted the process by which large rivers, such as the Nile, build up deltas, and is also the first recorded as observing that winds tend to blow from colder regions to warmer ones |
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| (276 – 194 BC) who invented the discipline of geography.[2] He made the first known reliable estimation of the Earth's size.[3] He is considered the father of mathematical geography and geodesy.[3][4] |
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| (c.90 – c.168), who compiled Greek and Roman knowledge to produce the book Geographia |
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| (1769–1859), considered the father of modern geography. Published Kosmos and founded the study of biogeography. |
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· was perhaps the first to propose a spherical world, arguing that the sphere was the most perfect form.
· This idea was embraced by Plato and Aristotle presented empirical evidence to verify this.
· He noted that the Earth's shadow during an eclipse is curved, and also that stars increase in height as one moves north. |
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· used the idea of a sphere to explain how the sun created differing climatic zones based on latitude.
· This led the Greeks to believe in a division of the world into five regions. |
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