Charles Heatwole

Geography For Dummies

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  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    Place responds to another important geographical question: “What is it like?” Place refers to the human and physical features that characterize different parts of Earth and that are responsible for making one location look different from the next. The terminology may puzzle you, because in everyday speech, people commonly use location and place interchangeably. In geography, however, these two terms have separate and distinct meanings. Location tells you where. Place tells you what it’s like.
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    Spatial refers to the location and distribution of things and how they interrelate. Accordingly, the world in spatial terms responds to geography’s most fundamental question: Where? Getting a handle on this element involves:
    Knowing how to use and read maps and atlases
    Acquiring a general understanding of the tools and techniques that geographers use to accurately locate things
    Being able to indicate the location of something using the system of latitude and longitude, or plain language
    Seeing relationships that explain the locations of things
    Recalling from memory the location of things on Earth’s surface
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    The six essential elements are:
    • The world in spatial terms
    • Places and regions
    • Physical systems
    • Human systems
    • Environment and society
    • Uses of geography
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    I’m going to introduce you to are The Six Essential Elements. They were developed as part of the National Geography Standards (see Geography For Life: The National Geography Standards, 1994, pages 32-35, published by Diane Publishing Company), which describe in detail “what the geographically informed person knows and understands.” The National Geography Standards serve as a guide to education reform in the United States as it pertains to the teaching of geography. They were written with the advice and input of professionals who specialize in diverse aspects of geography and, accordingly, represent a broad consensus of the scope and structure of geography.
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    the “old geography” of map memorization and descriptive studies has been complemented by a “new geography” that emphasizes analysis, explanation, and significance.
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    Sadly, many Americans do not know that New Mexico is one of the 50 States. They figure the name refers to that country south of Texas
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    Certainly, the ancient ge and graphe still apply, but geography is much more than it used to be
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    Memorizing locations is to geography what memorizing dates is to history, or what memorizing the multiplication table is to mathematics. Namely, it’s a foundation — a base — upon which you can build and develop deeper understandings. The bottom line is: There is more to geographic awareness than whereness.
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    During the past century, and especially during the past several decades, geography has blossomed and diversified. Old approaches that focused on location and description have been complemented by new approaches that emphasize analysis, explanation, and significance. On top of that, satellites, computers, and other technologies now allow geographers to record and analyze information about the Earth to an extent and degree of sophistication that were unimaginable just a few years ago.
  • ipathas quoted8 years ago
    So “interesting planet” and “never-ending variety” turn out to be code for “complex.” Truly, this is a complex world in which no two areas are exactly alike. On the one hand, this complexity makes for a very fascinating planet. But on the other hand, the prospect of learning all about this complexity can be overwhelming, or at least sometimes seems to be
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