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| the study of the arrangement of things on the face of the earth and of the association of things that give character to particular places |
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| the prime interest of the geographer |
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| the main emphasis and approach of the geographer |
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| the global coordinates of a specific place |
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| a description of a place relative to other places |
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the physical characteristics and location of the land within or close to a place |
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| the location of a place relative to the surrounding area with which it interacts in numerous ways |
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| the surrounding area of a place with which it interacts in numerous ways |
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| study physical and human characteristics as they affect, or give character to, particular areas |
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| encompasses population, nutrition, health, migration, disease, race, language, religion, architecture, art, music, housing, cities, and so on... |
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| categorized climatic regions |
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| English form of Geography |
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| Political Arithmetic- developed because of a desire to exploit the resources of colonial lands. In this form, Geography was a series of variables used to describe the resources of places around the world that could presumably benefit the mother country. |
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| produced from a desire to understand the effect of places on historical events |
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| developed Geology then Geography from a desire to understand human interaction with the natural environment |
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| Environmental Determinism |
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| theory that climate determined intelligence, culture, industriousness, and ability |
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| leader of the environmental determinists |
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| published a book in 1939 entitled The Nature of Geography which explained that geography can be defined as "areal differentiation"- the difference between areas (regions) |
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| an area of specific location which is distinctive from other areas and extends as far as that distinction extends |
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| defined by activity, or several activities that bind it into an area of similarity |
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| the flow of products, people, services, or information among places, in response to localized supply and demand |
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| Population increase per day |
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| Population increase per week |
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| Population increase per Month |
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| Population increase per year |
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| published Principles of Population in 1798 which theorized that population would eveuntually outrun the food supply bringing famine |
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| the change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates |
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| Absolute Natural Increase |
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inmigration - outmigration accounts for most U.S. growth during the first half of this century |
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