Geography Themes Aug-14

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5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

TEST PREP: List, Define, and give Example (LED) of each theme. Name all five forms of conflict, define, give examples. Define vocab. 12 Short answer/define/list. 50 points. Examples for Themes, Conflicts, and potentially Regions

-5 themes

-5 population agglomerations

-5 conflicts

-culture terms

  1. LOCATION: Where something is FOUND on EARTH. Examples: Rome, America, Russia, Europe
  2. PLACE: Describes the PHYSICAL and MAN-MADE characteristics that make a location UNIQUE. Examples: Rivers, Mountains, Landmarks (natural or manmade).
  3. REGIONS: An area that is DEFINED by a certain characteristic or characteristics. Examples: Rocky Mountains, the Sahara desert, the Arctic region.

Regions have space but may be hard to DEFINE. Different IDEAS exist about regional BOUNDARIES. Example: Greater Toledo

SYSTEMS may tie regions together, like SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FUNCTIONAL REGION: a region characterized by a CITY CENTERED system of interaction.

FORMAL REGION: UNIFORM or HOMOGENEOUS areas where everyone in that region shares common ATTRIBUTES or traits like (examples) LANGUAGE, CLIMATE, or POLITICAL SYSTEM.

REGION TYPES: POLITICAL (borders and governments), CULTURAL, NATIONAL REGION (Israel and Jewish Nationality, only answer), NATURAL LANDSCAPES

  1. MOVEMENT: How and WHY people move and are CONNECTED. Examples: Better opportunities, fleeing oppression, personal preference, family reasons
  2. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: Relationship between PEOPLE and their ENVIRONMENT. How people ADAPT, depend on, or MODIFY their environment. Examples: Eskimos, terrace farming, carving into mountains, building high houses for flooding

Realm: LARGEST units in the inhabited world can be divided into using both PHYSICAL and MAN-MADE measurements.

Hinterland: A suburb, an exterior area interacting with a city.

POPULATION AGGLOMERATION (Large group or area): There are 4 large population agglomeration clusters in the world. The 1st three are found in Eurasia.

60% of the population lives in the first three.

  1. East Asian Cluster: KOREA to VIETNAM to CHINA. People live along the COAST and RIVERS for food. Make up 25% of world population.
  2. South Asia: BIP: BANGLADESH, INDIA, and PAKISTAN. Majority live along COASTS and GANGES river valley. Many farmers. Makes up 20% of world population.
  3. Europe: BRITAIN to RUSSIA to ITALY to FRANCE. People live near MINERALS, such as COAL. 80% live in cities. About 15% of world population.
  4. N. America: CANADA to FLORIDA, EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A forming megalopolis. 150 million people live here. 12-15% of world population.
  5. Southeast Asia: PHILIPPINES and INDONESIA, nearly 500 Million people live on the islands between PACIFIC and INDIAN oceans.

MEGALOPOLIS: A region made up of SEVERAL large cities and their surrounding areas in sufficient proximity to be considered a SINGLE URBAN complex. Examples: BosNYWash, Boston, NY, and Washington are growing closer to each other. May eventually become one big city. 50 million US residents live in BosNYWash.

Every major city in the world sits on a RIVER, LAKE or OCEAN. Humans will always live near WATER.

5 TYPES OF CONFLICT

  1. RELIGION: Trying to spread your FAITH. Examples: Catholics and Protestants
  2. NATIONALISM: Extreme PRIDE in your country. Examples:
  3. POLITICAL CONFLICT:

PARTIES or groups

TOTALITARIAN vs DEMOCRATIC

ETHNIC/REGIONAL

Examples: Democrats, Republicans, Putin

FACTIONS: A group WITHIN a larger group, party, government, or organization typically having DIFFERENT opinions or interests than the larger group. Do not focus on BIGGER PICTURE.

  1. MODERN DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL: Need for natural resources, or change of need for resources. Examples: Ethiopian Dam Project, Coal mining and Indigenous communities in India. Food, clothes.
  2. ECONOMICS- INTERNATIONAL: Fights over economics. Haves vs. Have nots. Rich vs poor. Examples: China’s superior economy, America making less. French revolution

CULTURE: Shared patterns of BEHAVIOR and interactions, learned through the process of socialization. ALL PEOPLE have a culture.

OUR CULTURE: BIT

  1. BELIEFS, such as religion or politics.
  2. INSTITUTIONS, such as governmental or legal. Examples: FDA, Police
  3. TECHNOLOGY, meaning ANY skills or equipment. Examples: Computers, garden hose, stapler

Culture CHANGES over time through innovations. INNOVATION is a new way of DOING THINGS.

THREE INNOVATIONS have greatly affected the world.

  1. FARMING
  2. LIVING in CITIES
  3. Using MACHINES

Cultures change through:

  1. DIFFUSION, movement of an innovation through society by SPREADING and RELOCATING within ONE SOCIETY. Examples: Blue Jeans
  2. ACCULTURATION, when one culture changes through meeting ANOTHER CULTURE. Examples: Noodles/Pasta (China -> Italy), soccer

Culture is affected by where you LIVE: URBAN

URBANIZATION: more people are MOVING to CITIES.

INDUSTRIALIZATION: MACHINES used to make goods.

Study Version

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

TEST PREP: List, Define, and give Example (LED) of each theme

  1. LOCATION: Where something is FOUND on EARTH. Examples: Rome, America, Russia
  2. PLACE: Describes the PHYSICAL and MAN-MADE characteristics that make a location UNIQUE. Examples: Rivers, Mountains, Landmarks (natural or manmade).
  3. REGIONS: An area that is DEFINED by a certain characteristic or characteristics. Examples: Rocky Mountains, the Sahara desert, the Arctic region.

Regions have space but may be hard to DEFINE. Different IDEAS exist about regional BOUNDARIES. Example: Greater Toledo

SYSTEMS may tie regions together, like SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

FUNCTIONAL REGION: a region characterized by a CITY CENTERED system of interaction.

FORMAL REGION: UNIFORM or HOMOGENEOUS areas where everyone in that region shares common ATTRIBUTES or traits like (examples) LANGUAGE, CLIMATE, or POLITICAL SYSTEM.

REGION TYPES: POLITICAL (borders and governments), CULTURAL, NATIONAL REGION (Israel and Jewish Nationality, only answer), NATURAL LANDSCAPES

  1. MOVEMENT: How and WHY people move and are CONNECTED. Examples: Better opportunities, fleeing oppression, personal preference, family reasons
  2. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: Relationship between PEOPLE and their ENVIRONMENT. How people ADAPT, depend on, or MODIFY their environment. Examples: Eskimos, building houses and roads, growing gardens in rural areas, carving into mountains, building high houses for flooding

Realm: LARGEST units in the inhabited world can be divided into using both PHYSICAL and MAN-MADE measurements.

Hinterland: A SUBURB, an exterior area interacting with a city.

POPULATION AGGLOMERATION (Large group or area): There are 4 large population agglomeration clusters in the world. The 1st three are found in Eurasia.

60% of the population lives in the first three.

  1. East Asian Cluster: KOREA to VIETNAM to CHINA. People live along the COAST and RIVERS for food. Make up 25% of world population.
  2. South Asia: BIP: BANGLADESH, INDIA, and PAKISTAN. Majority live along COASTS and GANGES river valley. Many farmers. Makes up 20% of world population.
  3. Europe: BRITAIN to RUSSIA to ITALY to FRANCE. People live near MINERALS, such as COAL. 80% live in cities. About 15% of world population.
  4. N. America: CANADA to FLORIDA, EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A forming megalopolis. 150 million people live here. 12-15% of world population.
  5. Southeast Asia: PHILIPPINES and INDONESIA, nearly 500 Million people live on the islands between PACIFIC and INDIAN oceans.

MEGALOPOLIS: A region made up of SEVERAL large cities and their surrounding areas in sufficient proximity to be considered a SINGLE URBAN complex. Examples: BosNYWash, Boston, NY, and Washington are growing closer to each other. May eventually become one big city. 50 million US residents live in BosNYWash.

Every major city in the world sits on a RIVER, LAKE or OCEAN. Humans will always live near WATER.

5 TYPES OF CONFLICT

  1. RELIGION: Trying to spread your FAITH. Examples: Catholics and Protestants
  2. NATIONALISM: Extreme PRIDE in your country. Examples: having/not having an american flag
  3. POLITICAL CONFLICT:

PARTIES or groups

TOTALITARIAN vs DEMOCRATIC

ETHNIC/REGIONAL

Examples: Democrats, Republicans, Putin

FACTIONS: A group WITHIN a larger group, party, government, or organization typically having DIFFERENT opinions or interests than the larger group. Do not focus on BIGGER PICTURE.

  1. MODERN DEVELOPMENT POLITICAL: Need for natural RESOURCES, or change of need for RESOURCES. Examples: Ethiopian Dam Project, Coal mining and Indigenous communities in India. Food, clothes.
  2. ECONOMICS- INTERNATIONAL: Fights over ECONOMICS. Haves vs. Have nots. Rich vs poor. Examples: China’s superior economy, America making less.

CULTURE: Shared patterns of BEHAVIOR and interactions, learned through the process of socialization. ALL PEOPLE have a culture.

OUR CULTURE: BIT

  1. BELIEFS, such as religion or politics.
  2. INSTITUTIONS, such as governmental or legal. Examples: FDA, Police
  3. TECHNOLOGY, meaning ANY skills or equipment. Examples: Computers, garden hose, stapler

Culture CHANGES over time through innovations. INNOVATION is a new way of DOING THINGS.

THREE INNOVATIONS have greatly affected the world.

  1. FARMING
  2. LIVING in CITIES
  3. Using MACHINES

Cultures change through:

  1. DIFFUSION, movement of an innovation through society by SPREADING and RELOCATING within ONE SOCIETY. Examples: Blue Jeans
  2. ACCULTURATION, when one culture changes through meeting ANOTHER CULTURE. Examples: Noodles/Pasta (China -> Italy), soccer

Culture is affected by where you LIVE: URBAN

URBANIZATION: more people are MOVING to CITIES.

INDUSTRIALIZATION: MACHINES used to make goods.