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__**Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography**__ __**Unit I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives (5-10%)**__ A) Geography as a field of inquiry B) Evolution of key geographical concepts and associated with notable geographers C) Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization D) Key geographical skills E) New geographic technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS F) Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, and satellite imagery
 * 1) How to use and think about maps and spatial data
 * 2) How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
 * 3) How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
 * 4) How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
 * 5) How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places

The AP Human Geography course emphasizes the importance of geography as a field of inquiry and briefly discusses the emergence of academic geography in nineteenth century Europe.

The course introduces you to the importance of spatial organization — **//the location of places, people, and events, and the connections among places and landscapes//** — in the understanding of human life on Earth.

Geographic concepts emphasized throughout the course are //location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization//. These concepts are basic to your understanding of spatial interaction and spatial behavior, the dynamics of human population growth and movement, patterns of culture, economic activities, political organization of space, and human settlement patterns, particularly urbanization. You will learn how to use and interpret maps.You will also learn to apply mathematical formulas, models, and qualitative data to geographical concepts. The course also makes use of the concept of the region, encourages you to consider the regional organization of various phenomena, and enables you to create regions in order to illustrate process.

A significant outcome of the course is your awareness of the relevance of academic geography to everyday life and decision making. This combination of the academic and the applied gives you a sophisticated view of the world and an understanding of the manifold applications of what they you learned in the course.

//__Required Readings: __//
 * 1) Chapter 1 Key Issue 1 - [[file:APHG Chapter 1 Key Issue 1.docx]]
 * 2) Chapter 1 Key Issue 2- [[file:APHG Chapter 1 Key Issue 2.docx]]
 * 3) Chapter 1 Key Issue 3 - [[file:APHG Chapter 1 Key Issue 3.docx]]
 * 4) Chapter 1 Review
 * 5) Chapter 1 Test

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Urban Walk -

2 Million Minutes Essay -

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//__Video Resources: __// **OVERVIEW** **One Earth, Many Scales** The programs in this introductory unit raise two questions that are central to geographic understanding: (1) What insight can geography provide regarding the unity and division that pervades the contemporary world?, and (2) What are the concepts of geography that help us analyze characteristics of the world's regions? The first video program, //**Lost in Space? Geography Training for Astronauts**//, explores geographical concepts in the context of a NASA space shuttle mission. It provides an overview of the spatial perspective, following the training of NASA astronauts as they attend classes to help them orient themselves when observing Earth from the space shuttle. The commanding view of earth from space points out the benefits of shuttle- and satellite-gathered imagery to help us better understand the geographical forces shaping our world.

**//Globalization and Revolt//** explores how the world is now both more divided and more united than ever before. Today, unity is symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the most famous icon of the Cold War rivalry between the free world and the former Communist bloc. Yet at the same time, a trend toward increasing division can be seen as separatist movements bubble up in such diverse areas as Russia, the Balkans, Quebec, and even the western United States.

[|One Earth, Many Scales Video]

//__Vocab Resources: __// Vocab Index Cards are due on the day of the Chapter test.

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