What is geography? (What is where, and why?) 2. How do we define 'location', and is it significant? How do the ideas of region and diffusion come into play? How have humans interacted with their environment and what are the theories used to explain these interactions? Environmental determinism possibilism probabilism/cultural ecology 4. How do humans today view their relationship with the 'natural' world?

How do humans presently act in the world and what are some of the geographic implications of those actions (e.g., movement and migration, globalization)? • • • 11 KB What is geography? (What is where,and why?) G E O - G R A P H Y Geo- the Greek root meaning 'earth' Graphy- The Greek root for 'to write, record, draw, describe.' Geography- literally means 'written earth.' Geography looks at three major questons • What is where? • Why is it there?

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• What significance does it have? These three questions all seem to deal with the same idea, but they do so in increasingly refined ways. The question ' What is where' refers to the physical aspect of geography. Things as simple as rain fall, and temperature can answer this question. For example, rain forests are densely populated with different plant life beacuse of the high amounts of heat from the sun, and the vast amouts of moisture kept in from the canopy. Plants recieve their energy via photosynthesis which envolves waer and sun light.

Both are plentyfull in the rainforest thus providing a perfect oasis for vast amounts of plant life to grow. Question 2, 'Why is it there' refers to back to the last question, but leads more towards the human aspect of Geography.

This question can be explained by a simple population map; look a this map of Africa for example.. Egypt, the small country in the top right corner has a population of 77,505,756 people. Most of those people live along the Nile River because of its sorce of water. Without water life could not exist, which answers question 2, 'Why is it there.' Question 3, 'What significance does it have,' questions the structural basis of geography. Driver Ic Ensemble Envy24 Audio Controller Pci more. Shipping goods is a relatively easy way to transport items, and an even better way to make money.

A good example for the question, 'what siginficance does it have,' brings us back to ancient Rome, with the reign of Julious Caesar. Caesar captured the entire border of the Mediterranian sea in order to make profit via charging ships to dock, and pass through the ports.. By controlling the ports, Caesar controlled the wealth, which explains what significance some landforms have and answers the question 'what significance does it have.' EXPAND THIS SECTION TO INCLUDE OTHER MATERIAL WE COVERED IN OUR NOTES. TOO SIMPLISTIC HERE. WHY IS 'PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY' LABEL JUST BELOW THIS COMMENT. WHAT FOLLOWS IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.