Welcome to AP Human Geography You are now

Welcome to AP Human Geography!!! You are now part of a seriously important and cool class! http: //youtu. be/o. JLqyuxm 96 k

Warm -up • Quickly with a person next to you, write down two things you did over the holidays that illustrate some aspect of human geography?

What is Geography? Geography is a representation of the whole known world together with the phenomena which are contained therein. Ptolemy, Geographia 2 nd Century A. D. Geography is the science of place. Its vision is grand, its view panoramic. It sweeps the surface of the Earth, charting the physical, organic and cultural terrain, their areal differentiation, and their ecological dynamics with humankind. Its foremost tool is the map. Leonard Krishtalka, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 20 th Century A. D.

What is Geography? Geography is the study of what is where and WHY it’s there.

Okay, but what exactly is it? Well, it’s a way of thinking about intellectual problems, both natural and societal, which emphasizes the importance of spatial relationships. . Take any social, environmental, or physical question or problem and ask yourself whethere is a spatial aspect to it. Chances are that space and place play a role in the explanation and distribution of that question. Mike Reed, Making It Up As I Go For example: Why are so many plant and animal species becoming extinct at the beginning of the 21 st century? Why do there always seem to be so many wars in Africa? Why is corn such an important part of a traditional Mexican diet? Why are some beers known as India Pale Ales? Why is the Middle East always in the news?

Place and Space These two concepts are the basis of geography! Place is what we identify with in every location we see, think of, or imagine. It includes all of our senses and delves into our mind through perceptions and memories. Space is the vary connectedness that is essential for us to make sense of distance. Our ability to recognize spatial awareness makes it critically important to understanding the world we live in.

Basic divisions of Geography • Physical Geography • Rocks and Minerals • Landforms • Soils • Animals • Plants • Water • Atmosphere • Rivers and Other Water Bodies • Environment • Climate and Weather Human Geography Population Settlements Economic Activities Transportation Recreational Activities Religion Political Systems Social Traditions Human Migration Agricultural Systems • Geography is a bridge between the natural and social sciences. Geography is a holistic or synthesizing science.

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SO…. What will you learn in here? • “Spatialize” everything you see • Make connections between seemingly disparate things • Speculate about the question of not only where but WHY? • Always look for patterns, or • The lack of a pattern • Predict situations and scenarios

What else will you learn this year? “Geography is Everything & Everything is Geography!!”

FOR EXAMPLE

The Geography of Breakfast • Take a minute to write down everything you ate for breakfast or lunch today

Breakfast Foods Food Place of Origin Current Production coffee Ethiopia Tropics oranges South Asia, India US, Mediterranean pork China, South Asia Worldwide wheat Near East US, Russia, Argentina tea China Asia oats Near East Temperate Climates pepper South Americas, Asia

Key Questions • What are geographic questions? • Why do geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us? • Why are geographers concerned with scale and connectedness? • What are geographic concepts, and how are they used in answering geographic questions?

Do you remember your 5 themes of geography? • • • Location Place Human-Environment interaction Movement Regions

Key re-curing terms • • • Cultural landscape Sequent occupance GPS GIS Remote sensing Activity space Mental maps Scale Re-scale Time-distance decay Environmental determinism • Possibilism • • • • Formal region Functional region Perceptual region Cultural traits Cultural complex Cultural hearth Independent innovation Cultural diffusion Cultural barriers Expansion diffusion Hierarchical diffusion Stimulus diffusion Relocation diffusion Cultural ecology

Early spatial analysis and handheld GIS • Dr. John Snow in the Soho district of London, 1854. • Ends a cholera outbreak by mapping water source of recent deaths. • Broad Street pump was removed and deaths receded.

Properties of Distribution • Density – is the number of anything per area. I. e. population density • Concentration – how it is spread out • Pattern – the geometric or regular arrangement of something within a given area.

How maps can mislead

Maps can make great comparisons!

Religion in the Middle East Perceptions and map realities

Population Change by County

You will learn to read Age-Sex Diagrams (aka Population Pyramids)

Diffusion is huge in APHug! • Contagious diffusion is an example of (expansion) diffusion. Spreading outwardly from it’s core. • Hierarchical diffusion literally bounces from place to place due to money, technology, tastes.

Diffusion is huge in APHug! • Stimulus diffusion is also an example of (expansion) diffusion. • Ideas are rejected and or adapted. • Aids in transculturation.

Changes in Hispanic Population in Phoenix (1990 to 2000)

Now, compare Hispanics and Whites in Phoenix (2000)

These issues are not only in big cities like Phoenix?

What does the sign say about this place?

The Baby Boomers Retire

Environmental Issues in Human Geography

Globalization!! It’s everywhere

Diffusion, Assimilation, and Adaptation

Where the heck are we? Let’s analyze what we are seeing.

Why is this place in the news almost daily? And why is that guy so handsome?

Who Won? The Texans, the Cubs or the flying monkeys? ? ?

Look for things which are right in front of you – but you have never seen them before

Or in my case, where’s “baldo”?

Chapter 1 TEST This Thursday, January 15 th 33 -40 Multiple Choice Powerpoint is on my website: www. geocoachcherry. weebly. com Also all content found in Chapter 1 of the book Bring your knowledge to the test.