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10 Cards in this Set
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Geography Def. Earth age |
Geo=earth 4.8bil years old |
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Plate Tectonics Theory |
Alfred Wegener |
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Ptolemy |
created conic map projections- first studied spatial geo of earth |
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Who was "Von Humboldt" Cosmography |
Humboldt was the first geographer to transition from cosmography to geography (the why and deeper parts of geo.) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe. |
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Absolute Space |
grid of lat. and long. |
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Environmental Determinism - Ellsworth Huntington What was the use of E. D ? |
Physical geo features determined course of human development climate creates culture... racism To justify imperialism of Global South |
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"Quantitative Revolution" Backlash |
Move from spatial geography to scientific geography Geo was seen as "unscientific", new tools became available (computer, remote sensory images etc.) |
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