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WHY STUDY
GEOGRAPHY? |
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According to the
National Geography Standards, set forth by
the National Geographic Society, “The
geographically informed individual is a
person who sees meaning in the arrangement
of things in spaced and applies a spatial
perspective to life situations.” The
geographically informed person knows and
understands. |
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The World in Spatial Terms
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How to use maps and
other geographic representations, tools, and
technologies to acquire, process, and report
information from spatial perspective
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How to use mental
maps to organize information about people,
places, and environments in spatial context
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How to analyze the
spatial organization of people, places and
environments on earth’s surface
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Places and Regions
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The physical and
human characteristics of place
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That people
create regions to interpret earth’s
complexity
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How culture and
experience influence people’s perceptions of
places
and regions
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Physical Systems
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Human Systems
-The characteristics,
distribution, and migration of human
populations on earth’s surface
-The characteristics,
distribution, and complexity of earth’s
cultural mosaics
-The patterns and
networks of economic interdependence on
earth’s surface
-How the forces of
cooperation and conflict among people
influence the division and control of earth’s
surface
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Environment and Society
-How human actions
modify the physical environment
-How physical systems
affect human systems
-The changes that occur
in the meaning, use, distribution, and
importance of resources
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The Uses of Geography
-How to apply
geography to interpret the past
-How to apply
geography to interpret the present and plan
for the future
If you want to
use a variety of skills and techniques to
understand and analyze economic, social and
political events and problems, and work to
shape your community, state and nation; if you
are concerned about the environment; if you
like to travel; if you like maps; if you would
like an organizing theme to direct your
wide-ranging interests, then geography is the
discipline for you!
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