Human Geography

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Human Geography Chapter 1
GAME RULES
FINAL ROUND
Terms
Basic Concepts
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Geography
People
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Geo means earth and graphy means to write
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What does the word geography mean?
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CARTOGRAPHY.
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WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF MAP MAKIING?
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A TOOL FOR STORING REFERENCE MATERIAL AND A TOOL
FOR GIVING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
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WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF MAPS?
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Cartography
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What is the oldest field of Geography?
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A set of computer tools that capture, store,
transform, analyze, and display geographic data
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What is a Geographical Information system or
(GIS)?
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Carl Sauer
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Who defined the concept of cultural landscape as
a fundamental unit of geographical analysis and
said there is no area not altered by humans?
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Ptolemy
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Who wrote an eight volume Guide to Geography
and codified the basic principles of mapmaking?
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ERATOSTHENES.
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Who is the head librarian at Alexandria, one of
the first cartographers, credited with naming the
term geography?
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George Perkins Marsh
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Wrote Man and Nature, or Physical Geography as
Modified be Human Action and was the first to
describe how humans had impacted natural systems
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How much would you like to bet?
DAILY DOUBLE
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He claimed that geography has four distinct
traditionsearth-science traditioncultural-envir
onment traditionlocational traditionand
area-analysis tradition
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Who is W. D. Pattison?
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Spatial Perspective
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What is an examination of an area and specific
phenomena to determine how and why it appears in
that space and how it relates to phenomena in
other spaces ?
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Quantitative Revolution
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What is the name for the period in human
geography associated with the adoption of
mathematical models and statistical techniques?
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How much would you like to bet?
DAILY DOUBLE
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anthropogenic
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What is the term for human-induced environmental
changes?
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sustainability
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What is the term for conserving resources to
ensure enough for future generations?
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Nomothetic
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This term refers to concepts that are universally
applicable?
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The study of interactions between societies and
their natural environments
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What is cultural ecology?
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The intersection of human and physical geography,
it explores the spatial impact humans have on
physical environments and vice versa
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What is environmental geography?
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The study of geographic regions
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What is regional geography?
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The study of the earths integrated systems as a
whole, instead of the focus of one phenomena in a
place
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What is systematic geography?
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Pertains to the unique facts or characteristics
of a particular place
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What is Idiographic?
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The relationship between the portion of the Earth
being studied and the Earth as a whole.
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What is scale?
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a name given to a certain place on the Earth
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What is a toponym?
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Physical characteristics of a place such as
climate, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude,
and elevation that are used by geographers to
describe the location of a place.
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What is a site?
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Place your bets!
DAILY DOUBLE
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The location of a place relative to other places,
this is valuable to find an unfamiliar place or
understand its importance
DAILY DOUBLE
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What is a situation?
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Imaginary lines that lay across the earth in a
grid system
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What is latitude and longitude?
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Welcome to Jeopardy!The fun and sneaky way to
review material for the upcoming test!
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And nowa brief introduction to the RULES of the
GAME
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Each group musta) SIT TOGETHER, and b)
Designate a SPEAKER who will respond to the
prompts (You may NOT change speakers).
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The game consists of FIVE categories, each
containingFIVE questions
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Questions are randomly arranged, NOT by degree of
difficulty
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Each speaker may select only ONE question per
round
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Once the selected question is posted on the
screen, the SPEAKER of the team has 10 seconds
to respond.
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The speaker may consult with teammates before
responding
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During the game, whispering is OK, but LOUD
talking and/or disruptions DURING THE GAME may
result in point loss for the entire team.
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The response should be phrased in the FORM OF A
QUESTION.(Words, phrases, and statements even
if correct may be disqualified)
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A CORRECT ANSWER earns the team the amount of
points indicated on the jeopardy board.
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If the speaker does not respond correctly within
10 seconds, the question passes on to the next
team speaker, who has 5 seconds to respond.
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The number of points for the correct answer at
this stage are the same as for the previous team.
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Questions that are not answered correctly by the
selecting team are offered to the other teams in
turn until a correct answer is given or all teams
have guessed incorrectly.
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For the Daily Double, the speaker designates the
number of points up to the max. points earned
by the team. If correct, the team earns the
designated points if incorrect, they lose the
designated points.
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Again, whispering is OK, but remember, LOUD
TALKING and/or DISRUPTIONS DURING THE GAME may
result in point loss for the entire team.
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The judges decisions are FINAL and whining,
pouting, and/or complaints will NOT BE
ENTERTAINED
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Ready to play?
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Final Jeopardy Topic fundamentalsYou may
wager up to the amount of points your team has
earned. Write your wager on a piece of paper and
submit it.
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Final Jeopardy Question

• The master reference time for all points on Earth
  at 0 longitude

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Fundamentals

• What is Greenwich mean time?