UNIT 1
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UNIT 2
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The chapters of unit one we will do introduce
fundamental human geography concepts AND the tools used
by geographers to study human geography.
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Human Geography can be divided into many
subfields. The chapters of unit two cover some of the
basic concepts of several of these subfields.
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Chapter 1
- True maps. False Impressions: Making, Manipulating,
and Interpreting Maps
- TOPIC: Interpreting Maps
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Textbook: Activity 1-Scale
- Computer: 1.2 Thematic Maps (USA)
- TOOL: Maps
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Chapter 5
- One Billion and Counting: The Hidden Momentum of
Population Growth in India
- TOPIC: Population Growth
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Computer: 5.1 Matching Demographic Descriptions
with Population Pyramids
- Computer: 5.2 Demographic Momentum
- Textbook: Activity 3 - Interpreting Population
Change
- SUB-FIELD: Demography
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Chapter 2
- Layers of Tradition: Culture regions at Different
Scales
- TOPIC: Culture Regions
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Computer: 2.1 Mapping Culture Regions: the
American Southwest
- Textbook: Activity 2 Culture Traits of Your
Subregion
- Textbook: Activity 3 Regional Imagery
- TOOL: Regions
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Chapter 7
- Rags and Riches: The Dimensions of Development
- TOPIC: Economic Development
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Textbook: Economic Model of Development
- Textbook: Human Welfare Model of Development
- Textbook: Competing the Development Models
- Textbook: Alternative Indicators of
Development
- SUB-FIELD: Development Geography
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Chapter 3 -
Tracking the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Diffusion
Through Space and Time
- TOPIC: Spatial Diffusion
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Computer 3.1 Mapping the Diffusion of AIDS
- Computer 3.2 AIDS Rates and Distance from Initial
Centers
- Computer: 3.3 S-Curves
- TOOL: Graphs
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Chapter 13
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Nations, States, and
Nation-States
- TOPIC: Political Geography/Conflict
- ASSIGNMENT: Textbook: Activity 2 - Iraqaphobia
[NOTE: We will onlly do IRAQ]
- TOOL: Reading and Analysis
- SUB-FIELD: Political Geography
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Chapter 4
- Newton's First Law of Migration: the Gravity Model
- TOPIC: Migration
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Computer: 4.1 Predicting Migration with the
Gravity Model
- Computer: Activity 2 Scatter Diagram
- Computer: Activity 3 Residual Map
- Textbook: Activity 4 Evaluation
- TOOL: Math
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Chapter 6 -
Help Wanted: The Changing Geography of Jobs
- TOPIC: Location Theory
- Reading Only Chapter- no activities assigned,
but be able to do: 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, and Activity 2
- SUB-FIELD: Economic Geography
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Religion and
Language
- TOPIC: Religion and Language
- TOOL: Textbook
- Reading only chapter - there is nothing to
hand in, but go to the CHAPTERS page [click on link
above] for study hints.
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Chapter 8
- Food For Thought: The Globalization of Agriculture
- TOPIC: Agriculture
- ASSIGNMENT:
- Computer: 8.1 Agricultural Landscapes and
Production Methods
- Textbook: Activity 2 Global Sources for your local
Supermarket
- Computer: 8.3 Remote Sensing and Agricultural Land
Use Change
- SUB-FIELD: Economic Geography
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Chapter 10
- Reading the Urban Landscape: Census Data and Field
Observation
- TOPIC: Urban Structure/Landscape
- ACTIVITY: Reading the Urban Landscape
- TOOL: Census Data / Field Observation
- SUB-FIELD: Urban Geography
- Reading Only Chapter - there is nothing to
hand in. and be able to do computer activity 10.2 Field
Survey, but there is nothing to hand in.
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Chapter 9
Take Me out to the Ball Game: Market Areas and the Urban
Hierarchy
- TOPIC: Central Place Theory
- Reading Only Chapter:
We will only read and study the "Introduction" and
the "Case Study" of this chapter. We will not do the
activities.
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