Unit 1 Thinking Geographically 1 5 HumanEnvironmental Interaction

Unit 1: Thinking Geographically 1. 5: Human-Environmental Interaction

Environmental Determinism • The concept that the physical environment determines social development • **Our behavior is determined by our environment** • Mid-1700 s theory

Possibilism Focuses more on the role that human culture plays Different cultures may respond to the same environment in different ways, depending on their beliefs, goals, and available technologies. (Example: Pennsylvania, USA) What are some other ways that humans have overcome their environment?

Unit 1: Thinking Geographically 1. 6: Scales of Analysis

Map Scale Maps are a reduction of the actual land it represents – a world map is not the size of the earth, right? Scale = the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those same things on a map

Cartographic Scale The way the map communicates the ratio of its size to the size of what it represents: Words Ratio Line Small scale = large area (world) Large scale = small area (city)

Geographic Scale (aka Scale of Analysis) refers to the amount of territory that the map represents Global scale = map of the entire planet Regional scale = ? ? National scale = ? ? Local scale = ? ?

Scales of Analysis - Global

Scales of Analysis - Regional Region = area that can be grouped together based on common characteristics

Scales of Analysis – National

Scales of Analysis - Local

Scales of Analysis - Local

Scales of Analysis - Local