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WHO: The oldest maps were created by the Babylonians (2300B.C).
WHAT: The study of maps and mapmaking.
WHEN: Ancient Babylonian times-modern day.
WHERE: Cartography is used all over the world.
WHY: People could start to define, explain, and navigate the world.
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WHO:Envirenmentalists may use this to measure changes in the environment over a period of time.
WHAT: Physical changes caused by human activity on a landscape.
WHEN: Measuring how much pollution was released in a year by construction, factories, ect.
WHERE: Sites associated with a significant event, activity, or person.
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WHO: Density is used by people who take the Census every year.
WHAT: How the population is measured per unit area.
WHEN: Every year during Census.
WHERE: Density can be conneced to a population of a town/city.
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WHO: Populations/cultures.
WHAT: The closer together two populations/culture are, the lower distance decay is. The further away they are to other populations, the longer the distance decay are.
WHEN: When two popultions grow apart or together.
WHERE: Two different locales where the cultures are.
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| Environmental Determinism |
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WHO: Environmentalists/Humans
WHAT: Also known as Climatic or geographical Determinism, it is the belief that nature sets limits on human development.
WHEN: Humans are limited by nature to do build a society.
WHERE: Happens where ever humans are living.
WHY: We cannot change our surroundings.
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WHO: Eratosthenes who lived in the 3rd century BC first theorized the latitude and longitude system for a world map.
WHAT: (vertical line) measured from the equator (north and south).
(horizontal line) measured from the prime meridian (east and west).
WHEN: 3rd century BC
WHERE:Longitude-prime meridian (east and west) .Latitude-equator (north and south).
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| Environmental Possibilism |
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WHO: Humans have the power to change the environment.
WHAT:(theory) Environment sets obtacles that limits cultural geography.
WHEN: Humans want to expand to new places.
WHERE: Deforestation.
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WHO: Anyone using a map.
WHAT:Measurement of distance on a map (converting miles to kilometers.)
WHEN: Planning a trip somewhere.
WHERE: Maps.
WHY: To get an idea how far locations are from eachother.
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WHO: Construction worker
WHAT: Area in which something is constructed.
WHEN: If a neighborhood is being constructed.
WHERE: Cities or Towns.
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WHO: Civilians
WHAT: Location of a place and how it connects to other areas.
WHEN: When someone wants to find a new house.
WHERE:(Towns,cities, neighborhoods)
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WHY: To see how humans interact with or manipulate their environment(Build towns, cities, factories).
HOW: Cartographers make maps of different landforms and topics for all purposes(refrence maps, thematic maps).
Significance: People could start recording different landforms and different places they have been. |
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| Cultural Landscape Slide 2 |
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HOW: People use this to create forest reserves.
Significance: Wide landscapes were created by different cultures which made each significantly different from each other. |
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WHY: To find the number of inhabitants in an area.
HOW: By counting the population in area.
Significance: So we can study a population and control its growth in a given area. |
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WHY: Because the two cultures will become different if they are far away from eachother.
HOW: The distance between the populations determines how similar they are .
SIGNIFICANCE: This can influence how different cultures can be.
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| Environmental Determinism Card 2 |
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HOW: The environmental conditions may not be fit for humans to build a society in that area.
SIGNIFICANCE: This theory is in controversy with environmental possibilism. States humans aren't able change their surroundings and nature has limits on them. |
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| Latitude/Longitude Card 2 |
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WHY:To find accurate coordinates on a map
HOW: GPSs, Astrolabe, Quadrant are some tools used to find latitude and longitude
SIGNIFICANCE: It revolutionized the way maps were made and how people traveled |
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| Environmental Possibilism Card 2 |
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WHY: The need to expand.
HOW: Humans want to live somewhere they aren't supposed to live they change the environment to fit their needs.
SIGNIFICANCE: Nature can be changed or altered to fit humans needs. This theory is in controversy with environmental determinism. |
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HOW: Converting different units of measurement.
SIGNIFICANCE: It helps people visualize distances through conversions of measurement |
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WHY: For the development of a city or town.
HOW: Taking an old house and rebuilding a new house.
SIGNIFICANCE: This leads to Gentrification. |
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WHY: Compare properties.
HOW: Look at the history of a location and see how how it is changing over time.
SIGNIFICANCE: Looking pros and cons of a location. |
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