The document outlines the six essential elements of geography:
1. The World in Spatial Terms - Understanding geography through maps and spatial analysis.
2. Places and Regions - Examining the physical and human characteristics that define places and how regions are culturally constructed.
3. Physical Systems - Analyzing the natural processes and features that shape the Earth's surface.
4. Human Systems - Studying human populations, cultures, economies and settlements.
5. Environment and Society - Understanding human-environment interactions and how environments impact societies.
6. The Uses of Geography - Applying geographic knowledge and skills to interpret the past, present and plan for the future.
This document discusses the role of geography in tourism. It begins by defining geography as the study of the Earth's physical features, climate, and population. Geography is important to the study of tourism because tourism involves travel between places.
The document then discusses several key geographic concepts important for tourism, including latitude and longitude for identifying locations, time zones for flight scheduling, and the international date line. It provides details on lines like the equator, tropics, and polar circles, as well as Greenwich Mean Time and how time zones are measured from the prime meridian.
Finally, it emphasizes that geography is fundamental to tourism planning because tourism occurs in specific places and involves movement between locations based on geographic factors like climate,
Geography plays an important role in tourism. Geography studies the relationship between people and their environmental setting. Tourism resources are influenced by geographic factors like climate, landscape, and culture. The characteristics of a place, including its climate and unique physical and cultural features, determine the types of tourism it can support. Certain destinations have a comparative advantage for certain types of tourism due to their geographic attributes. Climate change is also impacting tourism destinations by influencing seasons and visitor numbers.
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The document summarizes three frameworks for conceptualizing tourism systems:
1. Leiper's framework includes five interdependent elements - tourists, origin region, transit region, destination, and tourism industry. It describes tourist movement between these regions.
2. Gunn's framework divides tourism into demand (tourists) and supply (attractions, transport, services, information, promotion) components that rely on each other.
3. Goeldner & Ritchie's detailed framework positions tourists at the core, surrounded by natural resources, built environment, and operating tourism sectors that work to satisfy tourists.
Adventure travel involves exploration or travel to remote areas and may include physical activities, cultural experiences, or engagement with nature. Popular adventure tourism activities include mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting, rock climbing, and paragliding. Eco-tourism and ethno-tourism are forms of soft adventure tourism that focus on minimal environmental impact and cultural interaction.
This document defines tourism and its various types according to different classifications. It begins by defining tourism as temporary travel outside a person's normal environment for purposes like leisure, business, or other activities. Tourism is then classified according to destination as either domestic or international tourism. It is also classified according to the characteristics of the tourism system and tourists. Some major types discussed are cultural tourism, ecotourism, heritage tourism, medical tourism, and disaster tourism. The impacts and examples of different tourism types are provided. Tables with data on the top international tourist arrivals and receipts by country from the World Tourism Organization are also included.
This document discusses the role of geography in tourism. It begins by defining geography as the study of the Earth's physical features, climate, and population. Geography is important to the study of tourism because tourism involves travel between places.
The document then discusses several key geographic concepts important for tourism, including latitude and longitude for identifying locations, time zones for flight scheduling, and the international date line. It provides details on lines like the equator, tropics, and polar circles, as well as Greenwich Mean Time and how time zones are measured from the prime meridian.
Finally, it emphasizes that geography is fundamental to tourism planning because tourism occurs in specific places and involves movement between locations based on geographic factors like climate,
Geography plays an important role in tourism. Geography studies the relationship between people and their environmental setting. Tourism resources are influenced by geographic factors like climate, landscape, and culture. The characteristics of a place, including its climate and unique physical and cultural features, determine the types of tourism it can support. Certain destinations have a comparative advantage for certain types of tourism due to their geographic attributes. Climate change is also impacting tourism destinations by influencing seasons and visitor numbers.
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The document summarizes three frameworks for conceptualizing tourism systems:
1. Leiper's framework includes five interdependent elements - tourists, origin region, transit region, destination, and tourism industry. It describes tourist movement between these regions.
2. Gunn's framework divides tourism into demand (tourists) and supply (attractions, transport, services, information, promotion) components that rely on each other.
3. Goeldner & Ritchie's detailed framework positions tourists at the core, surrounded by natural resources, built environment, and operating tourism sectors that work to satisfy tourists.
Adventure travel involves exploration or travel to remote areas and may include physical activities, cultural experiences, or engagement with nature. Popular adventure tourism activities include mountaineering, trekking, bungee jumping, rafting, rock climbing, and paragliding. Eco-tourism and ethno-tourism are forms of soft adventure tourism that focus on minimal environmental impact and cultural interaction.
This document defines tourism and its various types according to different classifications. It begins by defining tourism as temporary travel outside a person's normal environment for purposes like leisure, business, or other activities. Tourism is then classified according to destination as either domestic or international tourism. It is also classified according to the characteristics of the tourism system and tourists. Some major types discussed are cultural tourism, ecotourism, heritage tourism, medical tourism, and disaster tourism. The impacts and examples of different tourism types are provided. Tables with data on the top international tourist arrivals and receipts by country from the World Tourism Organization are also included.
This document discusses key concepts related to tourism destinations including accommodation, accessibility, amenities, attractions, and activities. It defines accommodation options such as hotels, resorts, and hostels. It also discusses the importance of accessibility to attractions via various modes of transportation. The document outlines natural and manmade amenities that provide value to tourists, and defines attractions as places of cultural, historical, or natural significance that tourists visit. It categorizes attractions into natural features like beaches and landscapes, and manmade attractions such as theme parks and monuments.
With its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector. Climate affects a wide range of environmental resources that are essential attraction factors for tourism. Climate change will make destinations less attractive and jeopardize major sources of income. There are direct impacts like altered seasonal patterns or coastal erosion, loss of beach area and higher costs to protect and maintain waterfronts. Also there are indirect impacts of climate change like water shortages. Higher costs for risk management for touristic infrastructure might change the demand side of tourism markets or the visitor numbers. Furthermore, the awareness of tourists towards climate change and other environmental issues is likely to be a major driver of their future holiday choices. Operators that do not adapt to this emerging ‘climate aware’ market risk losing market share to more responsive competitors. This clinic will discuss the important relation between climate change and tourism, and will try to show some alternatives and help to promote a responsible and sustainable tourism, which bring not only benefits for the tourism industry but also to the people whose livelihood depends on tourism.
The document defines tourism and discusses its history and evolution over time. It provides several definitions of tourism from various organizations. Tourism involves travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. It is distinct from regular travel in that it involves travel outside one's usual environment for a period of less than a year. International tourism has grown significantly in recent decades and brings large economic benefits.
The document provides information on various types of accommodation, including bed and breakfasts, backpacker hostels, boutique hotels, guest houses, hotels, lodges, private homes, resorts, and self-catering facilities. It then discusses emerging accommodation types like heritage hotels in India, motel and timeshare companies, and the categorization and important hotel groups in India. Finally, it outlines the criteria for grading hotels from one to three stars.
This document discusses tourism resources and planning. It outlines the characteristics of tourism resources, including that they are tangible objects not solely used by tourists and are perishable. It also discusses the evolution of tourism planning from a physical approach to a more flexible process that maximizes benefits and minimizes costs. Key concepts discussed include carrying capacity, which determines the sustainable level of use for resources, and the tourist area life cycle, which outlines the stages of development and decline of tourism destinations.
The document discusses various types and trends in tourism. It defines tourism and differentiates between tourists and tourism types. Some key tourism types discussed include honeypot tourism, MICE tourism, medical tourism, film-induced tourism, heritage tourism, religious tourism, and dark tourism. The document also addresses factors driving global tourism growth such as increasing incomes and leisure time, as well as destination factors like attractions and infrastructure. Finally, it notes factors that can cause fluctuations in tourism like diseases, disasters, recessions, terrorism, and political instability.
This presentation provides an overview of geography and environmental geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth and its features and divides it into two main branches: physical geography, which studies the world's physical characteristics, and human geography, which examines human-environment interactions. The presentation also outlines the five core themes of geography - location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and regions. It describes environmental geography as the spatial study of relationships between humans and their social and natural environments. The scope of environmental geography includes environmental systems, management, and global issues. Studying environmental geography is important for environmental science as it aids in spatial analysis and understanding relationships between humans and the environment.
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Adventure Tourism PPT Uploaded by MR. SHANKAR BYAHATTI, M.T.A 5th year Student of Karnatak College Dharwad(KCD), Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Adventure travelis a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel to remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity, as tourists seek different kinds of vacations. According to the U.S. based Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure travel may be any tourist activity, including two of the following three components: a physical activity, a cultural exchange or interaction and engagement with nature.
This document discusses tourism in Europe. It begins by outlining the different regions in Europe, including Western, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Mediterranean Europe. It then examines factors like the influence of the EU, economic development levels, and historical influences on tourism. Specific countries and areas are highlighted in each region. Challenges and types of tourism for different parts of Europe are also summarized.
An introduction to the study of World Geography.
a) meaning of geography
b) essential elements of geography
c) branches of geography
d) themes of geography
e) graphic representation of the Earth (maps)
f) the global grid system
g) types of maps
h) map essentials
i) earth as a member of the solar system
j) the Planet Earth
k) evaluation (Quiz)
Tourism involves people traveling to places outside their usual environment for leisure, business, or other purposes for less than a year. The key factors that influence tourism are accessibility, accommodation, and attractions. Accessibility refers to the transportation options available to reach destinations like air, rail, road, and water. Accommodation includes the lodging available such as hotels, motels, inns, and guesthouses. Attractions are anything that draws people to visit a place like monuments, museums, natural landscapes, and cultural sites. The document discusses each of these factors in more detail.
Eco Tourism and Community Participation in Tourism Planning sushmasahupgdthm
The document defines ecotourism as environmentally responsible travel that promotes conservation and involves local populations. It discusses the key components of ecotourism, including visiting natural areas with educational features while minimizing impacts and supporting local communities. The document also examines some challenges like balancing visitor access to wildlife with preservation, and ensuring ecotourism benefits local populations and the environment rather than harming them. It concludes that effective ecotourism requires integrating conservation, community development, and economic plans while continually evaluating environmental impacts.
This document provides an overview of physical and human geography. It summarizes key concepts in physical geography such as landforms, rivers, weathering, vegetation and natural hazards. It also outlines topics in human geography including population, migration, settlement, communications and economic activity. The document is an outline for a geography project covering essential information about the natural and human factors that define geography.
Chapter 1 Tourist Destination Development (Destination Management)Md Shaifullar Rabbi
The document discusses various topics related to tourism destination development including inventory of tourist attractions, types of tourism products, phases of tourism product development, challenges in developing new tourism products, tourism master plan guidelines, resort development process, tourism destination area development, and types of tourism destinations. It provides information on cultural, religious, scenic, and entertainment attractions. It also outlines the conceptualization, design, feasibility analysis, commitment, and management phases of resort planning and development.
This document discusses nature tourism and ecotourism. It defines nature tourism as experiencing natural places through outdoor activities that minimize environmental impact. Ecotourism is a type of nature tourism that benefits the environment and local communities. Sri Lanka is highlighted as having great potential for nature tourism due to its high levels of biodiversity and endemism. However, the document notes that Sri Lanka could better promote its natural attractions and protect the environment from large hotel developments in order to boost its nature tourism industry.
The document outlines 5 themes and 6 essential elements of geography. The 5 themes are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. The 6 essential elements are: 1) The world in spatial terms, which focuses on location and maps; 2) Places and regions, which describes how Earth is divided; 3) Physical systems, which shape Earth's features; 4) Human systems, which study how humans affect Earth; 5) Environment and society, which examines how humans and environments affect each other; and 6) The uses of geography, which helps understand relationships between people, places and environments over time.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography. It defines human geography as the study of how people make places and interact across space. It discusses how geographers use fieldwork and ask "why" and "so what" questions to understand linkages between places. The document also introduces the concepts of globalization, geographic scales, regions, and mental maps. It explains that reference maps show locations while thematic maps tell stories about attributes and their distribution. Finally, it discusses diffusion and how cultures and ideas spread from hearths to other areas through various types of diffusion like expansion, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion.
This document discusses key concepts related to tourism destinations including accommodation, accessibility, amenities, attractions, and activities. It defines accommodation options such as hotels, resorts, and hostels. It also discusses the importance of accessibility to attractions via various modes of transportation. The document outlines natural and manmade amenities that provide value to tourists, and defines attractions as places of cultural, historical, or natural significance that tourists visit. It categorizes attractions into natural features like beaches and landscapes, and manmade attractions such as theme parks and monuments.
With its close connections to the environment and climate itself, tourism is considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector. Climate affects a wide range of environmental resources that are essential attraction factors for tourism. Climate change will make destinations less attractive and jeopardize major sources of income. There are direct impacts like altered seasonal patterns or coastal erosion, loss of beach area and higher costs to protect and maintain waterfronts. Also there are indirect impacts of climate change like water shortages. Higher costs for risk management for touristic infrastructure might change the demand side of tourism markets or the visitor numbers. Furthermore, the awareness of tourists towards climate change and other environmental issues is likely to be a major driver of their future holiday choices. Operators that do not adapt to this emerging ‘climate aware’ market risk losing market share to more responsive competitors. This clinic will discuss the important relation between climate change and tourism, and will try to show some alternatives and help to promote a responsible and sustainable tourism, which bring not only benefits for the tourism industry but also to the people whose livelihood depends on tourism.
The document defines tourism and discusses its history and evolution over time. It provides several definitions of tourism from various organizations. Tourism involves travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. It is distinct from regular travel in that it involves travel outside one's usual environment for a period of less than a year. International tourism has grown significantly in recent decades and brings large economic benefits.
The document provides information on various types of accommodation, including bed and breakfasts, backpacker hostels, boutique hotels, guest houses, hotels, lodges, private homes, resorts, and self-catering facilities. It then discusses emerging accommodation types like heritage hotels in India, motel and timeshare companies, and the categorization and important hotel groups in India. Finally, it outlines the criteria for grading hotels from one to three stars.
This document discusses tourism resources and planning. It outlines the characteristics of tourism resources, including that they are tangible objects not solely used by tourists and are perishable. It also discusses the evolution of tourism planning from a physical approach to a more flexible process that maximizes benefits and minimizes costs. Key concepts discussed include carrying capacity, which determines the sustainable level of use for resources, and the tourist area life cycle, which outlines the stages of development and decline of tourism destinations.
The document discusses various types and trends in tourism. It defines tourism and differentiates between tourists and tourism types. Some key tourism types discussed include honeypot tourism, MICE tourism, medical tourism, film-induced tourism, heritage tourism, religious tourism, and dark tourism. The document also addresses factors driving global tourism growth such as increasing incomes and leisure time, as well as destination factors like attractions and infrastructure. Finally, it notes factors that can cause fluctuations in tourism like diseases, disasters, recessions, terrorism, and political instability.
This presentation provides an overview of geography and environmental geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth and its features and divides it into two main branches: physical geography, which studies the world's physical characteristics, and human geography, which examines human-environment interactions. The presentation also outlines the five core themes of geography - location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and regions. It describes environmental geography as the spatial study of relationships between humans and their social and natural environments. The scope of environmental geography includes environmental systems, management, and global issues. Studying environmental geography is important for environmental science as it aids in spatial analysis and understanding relationships between humans and the environment.
Uploaded by MR. SHANKAR BYAHATTI,
Mail id: shankarbyahatti@gmail.com
Mob: +91 9611576565
Adventure Tourism PPT Uploaded by MR. SHANKAR BYAHATTI, M.T.A 5th year Student of Karnatak College Dharwad(KCD), Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Adventure travelis a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel to remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity, as tourists seek different kinds of vacations. According to the U.S. based Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure travel may be any tourist activity, including two of the following three components: a physical activity, a cultural exchange or interaction and engagement with nature.
This document discusses tourism in Europe. It begins by outlining the different regions in Europe, including Western, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Mediterranean Europe. It then examines factors like the influence of the EU, economic development levels, and historical influences on tourism. Specific countries and areas are highlighted in each region. Challenges and types of tourism for different parts of Europe are also summarized.
An introduction to the study of World Geography.
a) meaning of geography
b) essential elements of geography
c) branches of geography
d) themes of geography
e) graphic representation of the Earth (maps)
f) the global grid system
g) types of maps
h) map essentials
i) earth as a member of the solar system
j) the Planet Earth
k) evaluation (Quiz)
Tourism involves people traveling to places outside their usual environment for leisure, business, or other purposes for less than a year. The key factors that influence tourism are accessibility, accommodation, and attractions. Accessibility refers to the transportation options available to reach destinations like air, rail, road, and water. Accommodation includes the lodging available such as hotels, motels, inns, and guesthouses. Attractions are anything that draws people to visit a place like monuments, museums, natural landscapes, and cultural sites. The document discusses each of these factors in more detail.
Eco Tourism and Community Participation in Tourism Planning sushmasahupgdthm
The document defines ecotourism as environmentally responsible travel that promotes conservation and involves local populations. It discusses the key components of ecotourism, including visiting natural areas with educational features while minimizing impacts and supporting local communities. The document also examines some challenges like balancing visitor access to wildlife with preservation, and ensuring ecotourism benefits local populations and the environment rather than harming them. It concludes that effective ecotourism requires integrating conservation, community development, and economic plans while continually evaluating environmental impacts.
This document provides an overview of physical and human geography. It summarizes key concepts in physical geography such as landforms, rivers, weathering, vegetation and natural hazards. It also outlines topics in human geography including population, migration, settlement, communications and economic activity. The document is an outline for a geography project covering essential information about the natural and human factors that define geography.
Chapter 1 Tourist Destination Development (Destination Management)Md Shaifullar Rabbi
The document discusses various topics related to tourism destination development including inventory of tourist attractions, types of tourism products, phases of tourism product development, challenges in developing new tourism products, tourism master plan guidelines, resort development process, tourism destination area development, and types of tourism destinations. It provides information on cultural, religious, scenic, and entertainment attractions. It also outlines the conceptualization, design, feasibility analysis, commitment, and management phases of resort planning and development.
This document discusses nature tourism and ecotourism. It defines nature tourism as experiencing natural places through outdoor activities that minimize environmental impact. Ecotourism is a type of nature tourism that benefits the environment and local communities. Sri Lanka is highlighted as having great potential for nature tourism due to its high levels of biodiversity and endemism. However, the document notes that Sri Lanka could better promote its natural attractions and protect the environment from large hotel developments in order to boost its nature tourism industry.
The document outlines 5 themes and 6 essential elements of geography. The 5 themes are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. The 6 essential elements are: 1) The world in spatial terms, which focuses on location and maps; 2) Places and regions, which describes how Earth is divided; 3) Physical systems, which shape Earth's features; 4) Human systems, which study how humans affect Earth; 5) Environment and society, which examines how humans and environments affect each other; and 6) The uses of geography, which helps understand relationships between people, places and environments over time.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in human geography. It defines human geography as the study of how people make places and interact across space. It discusses how geographers use fieldwork and ask "why" and "so what" questions to understand linkages between places. The document also introduces the concepts of globalization, geographic scales, regions, and mental maps. It explains that reference maps show locations while thematic maps tell stories about attributes and their distribution. Finally, it discusses diffusion and how cultures and ideas spread from hearths to other areas through various types of diffusion like expansion, hierarchical, and stimulus diffusion.
1) Geography is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create. It looks at both physical features and human activities.
2) Geography uses various frameworks to organize its studies, including five themes (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions) and six essential elements (the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography).
3) Geography has two main branches - physical geography, which examines landforms and natural features, and human geography, which focuses on human populations, cultures, and constructed landscapes. Other branches study specific topics like cartography, hydrology, and meteorology.
For centuries, people have struggled to understand each other due to lack of knowledge about other ways of life, but certain advances like the internet and air travel have helped bring people together, as has increased trade and immigration. Knowing history and geography can help orient people in time and space and provide context for understanding societies. Geography studies people, places, and the environment using five themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions.
The National Geography Standards were published in 1994 and outline eighteen standards for what a geographically informed person should know and understand. The standards cover topics like using maps and geography tools, understanding regions and places, physical and human systems, environmental and societal interactions, and applying geography to interpret the past and plan for the future. The goal was for all American students to become geographically informed through teaching based on these standards.
The document outlines the 18 National Geography Standards which aim to guide geographic education in the United States by defining what a geographically informed person should know and understand. The standards cover topics such as using maps and technologies to process geographic information, understanding the physical and human characteristics of places and regions, comprehending physical and human systems on Earth's surface, appreciating the relationships between environment and society, and applying geographic knowledge to interpret the past and plan for the future.
Geography is the study of the earth and how human activity affects and is affected by the physical environment. Geographers organize space using five main themes: (1) movement - how places are connected; (2) regions - how places are similar; (3) human-environment interaction - the relationship between humans and the environment; (4) location - where places are situated; and (5) place - what makes a place unique. These themes help geographers understand and analyze the world.
The document outlines 18 geography standards that define what a geographically informed person should know and understand. The standards are grouped into 6 categories: The World in Spatial Terms, Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, and The Uses of Geography. Each standard has multiple indicators that provide more specific details. The standards were created in 1994 to guide geography education in the United States and help students become geographically informed.
This document outlines a 7th grade world geography curriculum for the Neshaminy School District. It includes standards, essential questions, enduring understandings, and content covered. The curriculum aims to teach students how North America and Europe developed a "Western worldview" based on common characteristics like ethnocentrism, geography, government, economy, beliefs, and culture. It will analyze how these regions view other parts of the world as "winners and losers." Students will learn about the physical and human characteristics of different regions and how they influenced cultures and worldviews. They will also reflect on stereotypes and prejudices that are part of the Western perspective.
Geographers study the world using five main themes: location, place, regions, movement, and human-environment interaction. Location describes the absolute and relative positions of places on Earth. Place examines the unique physical and human characteristics that define an area. Regions group places that share common traits. Movement considers how people, goods, and cultures change over time. Human-environment interaction analyzes how humans use and impact the environment and how they adapt to environmental changes.
This document provides an overview of the key concepts in geography. It defines geography as the study of the Earth's physical environment and human habitat. There are two main branches: physical geography, which examines natural phenomena like mountains and oceans, and human geography, which studies human-environment interactions and patterns of culture. Geographers ask questions to understand locations, places, movement, and regions. The most important question is "why?". Key themes include location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions.
Geography is the study of the earth and how people live on and use it. It includes five main themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. Location refers to where places are found through coordinates or landmarks. Place examines the physical and human characteristics of an area. Human-environment interaction considers how humans affect and are affected by their surroundings. Movement looks at how people and goods are transported. Regions are areas that share common features.
Geography is the study of the earth and how people live on and use it. It includes five main themes: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. Location refers to where places are found through coordinates or landmarks. Place examines the physical and human characteristics of an area. Human-environment interaction considers how humans affect and are affected by their surroundings. Movement looks at how people, goods, and ideas are exchanged between places. Regions are areas that share common physical or human features.
There are five basic themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. Location describes where a place is either through absolute coordinates or relative to other places. Place examines the physical and human characteristics that define a location. Human-environment interaction considers how humans modify and are adapted to their surroundings. Movement refers to the transportation and migration of people, goods, and ideas. Region divides the world into meaningful geographic units based on formal, functional, or perceived boundaries.
This document provides an overview and introduction to the key concepts in geography. It discusses the following main points in 3 sentences:
Geography involves the study of how physical and cultural phenomena vary spatially across Earth's surface and how they interact and change over time. The text outlines some core geographic concepts like location, distance, scale, and regions that geographers use to analyze spatial patterns and relationships between places. It also briefly surveys the history and evolution of geography as a discipline and reviews some of the main subfields and career opportunities within the study of geography.
This document outlines the 5 main themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. It defines each theme, with location focusing on where things are located either specifically or generally, place examining what makes one place unique from others, human-environment interaction analyzing the relationship between people and their environment and how people have changed the environment, movement addressing the patterns of movement of people, products, and ideas, and regions exploring how Earth can be divided into regions based on various characteristics.
The document discusses the 5 themes of geography as defined by the National Geographic Society: place, location, human-environment interaction, region, and movement. It provides details on each theme, including examples and key things to consider for each one. For place, it discusses physical and human characteristics that make a place unique. For region, it outlines different ways regions can be defined. For human-environment interaction, it explains how people adapt to and modify their environments. For location, it distinguishes between specific and general locations. And for movement, it discusses the flow of people, goods, and ideas between places.
The document provides instructions for students to complete a geography assignment where they identify 3 locations they want to visit and 1 given location (Ada, Michigan). Students are instructed to open a Pages document, insert a table with 6 columns and 4 rows, and fill in each cell with information about the location's absolute and relative location, region, physical characteristics, and human-environment interactions based on the 5 themes of geography. The completed table is then to be saved, uploaded to Moodle, and printed for their notes.
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The document provides information about careers and the job market in Greece. It discusses the oldest university in Greece, which was established in 1837. It also lists some of the highest-paying jobs such as surgeons, judges, lawyers, and lists their average salaries in euros and US dollars. Additional details provided include the percentage of employees that are salaried or self-employed, typical working hours, cultural aspects like community ties and respect for authority, and some of Greece's main industries such as tourism, shipping, and food processing. International companies in Greece are described as offering an inclusive and diverse work environment.
1) Constantine had a dream before a key battle instructing him to place the Chi Rho symbol representing Christ on his soldiers' shields, and after this he defeated his rival and attributed the unlikely victory to the Christian God.
2) Constantine then issued the Edict of Milan legalizing Christianity, and as the sole Roman emperor he appointed Christians to government roles and supported the open building of large churches without fear of persecution, greatly helping Christianity survive and grow.
3) However, some Christians were concerned the church was becoming too worldly through its involvement with wealthy converts and political power, so monastic communities withdrew from society to devote themselves to prayer.
1. Computer addiction is a dependency on computers, video games, and the internet that has been labeled as Internet Addiction Disorder by psychologists. Spending excessive time online can cause relationships to deteriorate as other parts of a person's life are neglected.
2. Children have also been affected by computer addiction, with some experiencing "computer rage" when forbidden from playing games.
3. Computer addiction is defined by assessing how much time is spent on computers and games relative to interacting with people, and how one's quality of life has changed before and after getting a computer. It can lead to diminished social skills if not treated.
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Islam is the second largest religion in the world with approximately 1.6 billion followers. Muhammad founded Islam in the 7th century after receiving revelations from God. He taught that Allah is the one true God and that people must worship Him and live virtuously. After facing hostility from Meccans, Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar. Over time, Muhammad gained more followers and eventually conquered Mecca without violence. The teachings of Muhammad and revelations he received from God are contained in Islam's holiest texts, the Quran and the Hadith.
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The document provides a scope and sequence for teaching computer science concepts across middle school grades (6th-8th grade) and 9th grade. It covers the following topics:
- Physical components of a computer including identifying computer hardware, internal parts, input/output devices, and troubleshooting problems.
- Microsoft Windows navigation including learning about the Windows operating system, navigating Windows, working with files, and finding files.
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2. Explanation
The Geography Standards Framework consists of
two levels. At the first level, the subject matter of
geography is divided into six essential elements.
By essential we mean that each piece is central and
necessary; we must look at the world in this way.
By element we mean that each piece is a building
block for the whole.
At the second level, each essential element contains
a number of geography standards, and each
geography standard contains a set of related ideas
and approaches to the subject matter of geography.
3. 6 Essential Elements
1. THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
2. PLACES & REGIONS
3. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
4. HUMAN SYSTEMS
5. ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY
6. THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY
4.
5. Essential Element #1
THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
Standard 1. How to use maps & other
geographic representations, tools, and
technologies to acquire, process, and report
information from a spatial perspective.
Standard 2. How to use mental
maps to organize information about
people, places, and environments in
a spatial context.
Standard 3. How to analyze the
spatial organization of people, places,
and environments on Earth's surface.
7. Location
Absolute location:
– exact “location” or spot where
something is found on a map
•requires Latitude and Longitude
– cuts earth into Hemispheres (2 halves)
Northern & Southern hemispheres
Eastern & Western hemispheres
• is known as the Address of location
8. Location
Relative location – where a
place is in relation to other places
Examples
• Sugar Land is SW of Houston
• Mrs. Brown’s class is in the 1st
hallway in the Social Studies wing
9. Essential Element #2
PLACES & REGIONS
Standard 4. The physical and human
characteristics of places.
Standard 5. That people create regions
to interpret Earth's complexity.
Standard 6. How culture and experience
influence people's perceptions of places
and regions.
10. Regions
Areas united by specific factors
How the earth is divided for
study.
Geographers choose how
they will classify the world
based on common
characteristics.
11. Regions
•Formal region – A place with
similar attributes that might
include physical, government,
economic, or cultural
characteristics.
Example — political region such
as a city, state or country.
People are governed by the same
laws and the same government.
14. Functional Region
•A place connected by
movement between places.
•Example - the greater
Houston Metropolitan area,
DFW. People move from
home-work-home for jobs,
entertainment, etc.
15. Central place
and the
surrounding area
linked to it
Houston and it’s
suburbs are
linked by
highways
Functional Region
16. Perceptual Region
• A place defined by popular feelings &
images rather than by objective data.
Example — the term
“Heartland” refers to
a central area where
traditional values are
believed (or perceived)
to be predominate.
17. PERCEPTUAL REGION
With a perceptual region,
the exact area that the
region describes can differ
based on “perceptions.”
There is NO real defined
area.
19. Place
answers the question “What is it like?”
Place can be describe in two ways:
- Physical and Human
• Schools are inside buildings intended
for learning
• Parks are outside and intended for
recreation
• Sugar Land is a suburban city with
businesses, quality schools, and nice
neighborhoods
20. Standard 7. The physical
processes that shape the
patterns of Earth's surface.
Standard 8. The
characteristics and spatial
distribution of ecosystems on
Earth's surface.
Essential Element #3
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
21. Place - Physical Systems
Physical Systems
•Info about a location
based on physical
features such as
landforms, weather,
climate, or vegetation
and how they interact
with plant & animal life.
22. Standard 9. The characteristics, distribution,
and migration of human populations on
Earth's surface.
Standard 10. The characteristics,
distribution, and complexity of Earth's
cultural mosaics.
Standard 11. The patterns and networks of
economic interdependence on Earth's
surface.
Essential Element #4
HUMAN SYSTEMS
23. Standard 12. The processes, patterns,
and functions of human settlement.
Standard 13. How the forces of
cooperation & conflict among people
influence the division & control of Earth's
surface.
Standard 14. How human actions modify
the physical environment.
Essential Element #4
HUMAN SYSTEMS
24. Place - Human Systems
•Information about a
location based on how
people “shape” the
earth.
•Elements to consider —
population, religion,
education, and language.
25. The movement of goods,
people & ideas from one
location to another.
•Goods can be moved by
land, air, & water.
Movement
26. Movement
The movement of goods,
people & ideas from one
location to another.
•People can be physically
moved – population
trends and location
change
27. The movement of goods, people
& ideas from one location to
another.
•Ideas can be moved from
person to person, by the
media, through the internet,
etc.
Movement
28. Movement
The ongoing migration of people and
exchange of goods and ideas
•Immigration from another
country, state, or city
•Trade
•Spread of religions and ways of
life that can transform a place
29. Standard 15. How physical
systems affect human systems.
Standard 16. The changes that
occur in the meaning, use,
distribution, and importance of
resources.
Essential Element #5
ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY
31. Human-Environment
Interaction
How people and the environment get
along, or how one changes the other
• Nomads use to travel from place to
place, using the resources available
• As people settled they began to
farm, cutting down vegetation and
altering the environment
• People built homes, streets, then
cars, etc…
32. Standard 17. How to apply
geography to interpret the past.
Standard 18. How to apply
geography to interpret the
present and plan for the future.
Essential Element #6
THE USES OF
GEOGRAPHY
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