GEOG 102 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I. Introduction and SyllabusOutline of Current Lecture II. What is scale?III. What’s a region?IV. Why geographers use regions?V. 7 ways we study each world region.VI. Why be careful when comparing world regions?Current Lecture Scale refers to the relationship between the size of things on the map and the actual size of things on the Earth’s surface.- The global scale: The entire world is treated as a single area (ex: Earth)- The world regional scale: Largest division of the globe (ex: North America)- Subregional: ex: Appalachia- Local scale: ex: MorgantownRegion: A unit of the Earth’s surface with distinct physical and human features.Boundaries can be drawn in different ways because their definitions are fluid.World~ Region~ Subregion~ LocalThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Characteristics used to define regions:- Physical features- Political boundaries- Cultural characteristics- History- Self definition- Future possibilities• Regional boundaries are rarely crisp• Provide a practical way of discussing the world.• US/Mexico border is a blend of Native America, Spanish colonial, Mexican, and Anglo- American cultural features.• We will use the regional concept to guide us.7 Ways we explore regions:- Physical patterns (Landforms/Climate)- Population pattern- Human patterns over time- Economics issues- Political issues- Sociocultural issues- Environmental issues• The Danger of a single story is that you only get one perspective of a story or one versionof the truth.- This is important when studying world regional geography because we do not want to generalize and devalue a group of
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