Geo 135 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Where do our ideas about places come from? - our knowledge of the world is mediated -- media, culture, the internet, school, art, etc. etc. etc. - experiences aren't immediate/direct what are geographical imaginaries? - the collection of assumptions and ideas that we have about places what does geographic literacy entail? - asking the questions: - where does this idea come from? - who made/organized them, and for what purpose? - do they have merit? - do they occupy the correct amount...

Monsoon - Answer a seasonal reversal in surface wind direction; associated primarily with south, east, and southeast Asia Plateau - Answer a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side Drought - Answer a period of time when an area or region experiences below- normal precipitation. abnormally low amounts of rain Wildfire - Answer An uncontrolled fire in a natural setting Connectivity - Answer The degree of economic, so...

What is folk culture? - Answer a small, cohesive, stable, isolated, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogenous in custom, race, and usually religion Where do we find folk culture today? - Answer -rural Illinois -the South -amish -groups in China -Native American Cultures What are folk culture descriptions? - Answer -family -less well known -agricultural -rural -small in area/population -old school -strong family values -homogeneous culture -doesn't diffuse Wha...

Where do our ideas about places come from? - our knowledge of the world is mediated -- media, culture, the internet, school, art, etc. etc. etc. - experiences aren't immediate/direct what are geographical imaginaries? - the collection of assumptions and ideas that we have about places what does geographic literacy entail? - asking the questions: - where does this idea come from? - who made/organized them, and for what purpose? - do they have merit? - do they occupy the correct amount ...

Discipline that makes sense of the spatial relationships on Earth's surface and the bridge between the natural and human environments - Answer Your book broadly characterizes geography as the? Relative location is the location of a place in relation to other places while absolute location is a place's exact location on the earth surface - Answer What is the difference between relative and absolute location? Cultural Landscape - Answer What is created from a natural landscape by ...

The Middle East and North Africa are dry, but can see some precipitation towards the coasts and the mountain regions (T or F) - Answer True What does arid/aridity mean? - Answer dry Which is an example of a trans-boundary water? - Answer The Nile River NPP is the level at which vegetation grows (T or F) - Answer True MENA has a low NPP generally (T or F) - Answer True Water is a scarce resource in this region and the Jeddah water crisis exemplifies this - Answer ...

GIS - Answer -geographic information system -synthesis of multiple fields/disciplines -chronological (time) framework -chronological (space) framework demographic momentum - Answer a rapid population growth in a country that has a large percentage of people younger than 15, and happens when a large number of girls enter their prime reproductive years cultural carrying capacity - Answer the maximum number of people who could live in reasonable freedom and comfort indefinitely, w...

Aral sea crisis - Answer the steady shrinking of the Aral sea since the 1960s. It is considered to be one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet Who caused the Aral sea crisis? - Answer the Soviet government How did the Aral sea crisis happen? - Answer -the Soviet government wanted to develop an irrigation system to grow and water their crops (cotton) and export it in order to increase the quality of living for the people -the government knew that this would decrease ...

Which of the following is not a result of rural-to-urban migration in Sub-Saharan Africa? - Answer Increased interactions between colonizers and local/native inhabitants What are some impacts of population increase in Sub-Saharan Africa? - Answer Exceeding the region's carrying capacity, Deforestation, and loss of animal resources. As your book examined the slave trade in Africa, the author noted which of the following? - Answer Much of it was part of a system of triangular trade...