Knox, Paul L., and Sallie A. Marston. Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography. New York: Prentice Hall, 2010. Print A study of human geography generally looks individually at the components of culture as systems. These systems, such as interaction with the environment, religion, agriculture, politics, social interactions, economics, music, language, architecture, and all that is culture, are then assessed collectively to define a culture (174).
In the Geography lesson, we would be able to study different continents features and be able to compare and contrast certain geographic features that make them unique and the features that could have lead to certain foods, germs, and “steel” that have developed there. They will be able to see that Location means everything.
Mental Map Paper The world around us is surrounded with a variety people of different places whom come from all different diverse backgrounds and cultures. Human geography shows an appreciation of the relationship between humans and the environment in which they live in. A concrete definition of human geography is the study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people’s relationships with their environment, but simply can also be defined as the study of Earth as the home of humans. The purpose of human geography is to not only understand the nature of the world we live in, but to understand more so the patterns and processes that shape human understanding and its influence on Earth itself. Human geography provides the knowledge that there is a correlation between Earth’s human and physical system and its interdependence of living things and physical environment.
It was Fredrich Ratzel, who indeed looked at environment determinism in this way. Although still “convinced of the importance of the idea of evolution” (Wanklyn, 1961, p.19) Ratzel explored the ideas of how societies are dependent on the land and what it provides. Ratzel saw development of these societies as dependent on what the land provides, if the land for example contains valuable resources then, according to Ratzel, that society will develop. To some extent there are modern
I will look into the human factors that claim to have an influential effect on the hazards that occur when there is plate movement upon the earth; these are to include the development of certain countries and whether they are more developed to cope with the likes of a tectonic event, the population density of an area is a key factor to how damaging the event is in how many people it is likely to affect. I will also look at how effective the government were in predicting tectonic events, how to prevent them from taking place and how they have protected the people that are in danger from the hazard. A hazard is defined as something that can cause the loss of human life as when something becomes dangerous to humans. A human influence of a tectonic event is the development of the country and the area in which the volcanic eruption or earthquake is taking place. This can include the quality of building in one place compared to another, buildings in more developed countries which are also more developed generally due to the amount of money the country has coming into it.
They help us to differentiate between those responses that are specific to local cultural types and those that are general to mankind. Beyond this, they help us to gauge and understand they immensely important rôle of culturally conditioned behaviour" (p. 20). In an effort to determine what traits are specific to certain cultures and what traits humans invariably posses, Benedict presents a “great arc of potential human purposes and motivations” (p. 237). This “arc” consists of a range of traits that cultures select from, cultures may have the same traits but “the nature of the traits will be quite different in the different areas according to the elements with which it has combined” (p. 37). The cultures presented in Patterns of Culture are broken down and are given a one-word description to sum up the overall gestalt of the culture.
Reflection of “The Land Ethic” - Manuel Soto “Land is not merely soil but a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants, and animals. Food chains are living channels which conduct energy upward; death and decay return it to the soil.” The quote is from Aldo Leopold’s “The Land Ethic”. Ethics, as we know them, are differentiations of social from antisocial conduct. Ecologically, Ethics are limitations on freedom of action in the struggle for existence. Aldo Leopold’s “The Land Ethic” is an article addressing concerns on the liberties we have taken with the biotic community and our lack of obligation to the land.
Geography Midterm Study Guide Key Concepts& Definitions (Make sure to use Case Study and Examples to Backup Argument) Political versus Apolitical Ecology Political Ecology: The study of the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes. Political ecology differs from apolitical ecological studies by politicizing environmental issues and phenomena. Apolitical Ecology: Four Main Theses of Political Ecology: • Degradation and Marginalization Thesis The thesis is basically this: because of state intervention and development of land in various different cases, systems of land and farming undergo radical changes that usually result in an exploitation of resources. Communities become marginalized as the same forces challenge the existing structures of governance and operation in each community. The two standout case studies in Robbins were deforestation in the Amazon and banana farming in the Caribbean.
Are humans a product of Nature or Nurture? In this essay, I am going to be discussing whether we, as humans, are a product of Nature or Nurture. Nature is what our surroundings are, in the Oxford English Dictionary, Nature is described as ‘the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.’ Nurture however is the caring for and encouraging the growth and development of someone or something. This is a different context as nature is in our surroundings and is actual physical formations; nurture on the other hand is the care, growth and development of our surroundings, an example of nurture could be a mother raising her child. Some people may believe that we are a part of nature only because humans and nature ‘can’t be separated’ because we fundamentally affect it in all situations, and that we are an important part of the Planet Earth’s eco-system.
Over time, the views that humans, as societies, have had of nature have dictated how they would make up their norms towards other people and the nature elements, and also how the attitudes taken by them would build their relationships with the environment, and consequently what would be the manner that they would reshape the planet. The view of Cronon (1996) adds to this fact; stating that wilderness would better not be comprehended as a series of physical features of the world which present some particular characteristics (one of them being uninhabited, for example), but as an human creation, and general conceptualization, being it modified during the historical context. And again, this notion of nature would also determine how men act towards the environment. Humans’ views of Nature and relationships with nature The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the term nature as “the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations”. One way to interpret this definition consists of nature being the untouched environment, that is, a place where human has not transformed by their actions, actions these that would generate the “human creations”.