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What is the setting of the Human Geography video?
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south eastern mexico, shores of the carribean.
cancun, modern development, tourist attraction |
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Where did the tour guide go as the first part of the Mayan journeY?
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Chicheenetza An ancient Mayan pyramid
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What happened to the Mayas?
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Mayan people did not disappear but still live in Mexico. 4 million mayan speaking people live in the region
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If you are standing in the observation chamber-
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you get the alignment 27.5- the maximum of venus before it disappears in the horizon.
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The maya believed that things on Earth occured because of
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the movement of the planet
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What did they strongly practice?
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Cosmic geography
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What did the Mayans believe of the world?
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the world as made of layers grouped into this world, the heaven world, and the under world.
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What else could the Mayas do?
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People knew of trading, of terrestrial geography, a concept of cartography and had even made a map for the Spaniards
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What do the cardinal directions mean to the Mayan religion?
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birth of humanity from corn. yellow in the south, stars held up in the north by a white hand. The earth was born from corn by each cardinal direction. The west where the sun sets, brings dangerous winds, war, animals of the night hunger and death, black figure. The red figure in the east brings rain for harvest, brings life, sceince, and the arts.
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Who was notorious for his work to destroy the Mayan culture?
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notorious from Spanish was Bishop Landa
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What were Spanish views influenced by?
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European Catholicism
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What happened in Jan 1994?
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Jan. 1994- zabatistas a peasant army
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What is conflicting?
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Two different visions of the world are confronted
Mayan- the land is the center of their universe is part of their lives and the way that they understand the world industries of the free market- one land among others, determined by resources and profits. |
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What two countries are talked about in The Pacific Rim?
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Ecuador and Chile
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What are the key terms?
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Physical Geography and Humans and Hazards
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Physical Geography of Ecuador
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Physical Geography- Volcanoes at tectonic plate boundaries
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What volcano threatened Ecuador?
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tungurahua
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When has this volcano already erupted?
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1773- major eruption that happened again in 1886, 1918
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What is the key point of the video on Chile?
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. Chile will continue to exploit its diverse natural environments to develop primary economic activities as part of their dynamic export economy. Like many countries responding to the forces of globalization, there will be changes to their Human Geography sych as gender roles and settlement patterns.
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What is the economic advantage of the Chile economy?
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grapes
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What happens during two months of the year?
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a lot of migrants come into the area and boosts the population considerably, increase the amount of crimes, drugs, and alcohol
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Who does Chile primarily trade with?
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Pacific Rim Countries such as the U.S.
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What type of relationship does Chile and the U.S.A. have?
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A good one because Chile benefits from American technology and America benefits from Chile's resources.
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What does Chile make/import/sell to earn money?
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They grow radiate pines, sell fish, agriculture, and copper.
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Main idea of African subsaharan region video.
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legacy of coloniliasm can still be felt
with the end of aprthoid, the African government made a commitment to redistribute lands to african americans who were forcibly moved to home lands, but land reform is a complicated process that will continue for many years to come, but for geographers,tools like GPS can help monitor progress and access outcomes. |
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The key terms of the African sub Saharan region?
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Apartheid, homelands, land reform, GPS
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What happened to Africa in 1994?
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The first democratic election was held and injustices were tried to be fixed.
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What are 3 aspects of land reform program-
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land restitution- something that they did to move someone off a land is illegal. Has more standing in court than saying we want land back. Farmer has to sell land to government of communities are compensated.
land reform(Redistribution) redressing the imbalances to a willing buyer/seller program. The government helps a group of people buy it and then start and agricultural project. mechanism of redistributing land Tenure Relations Reform the rights that people have to a piece of land. aparthoid- realtions were confused, so the population would be easier to land |
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What was the CPA?
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a large pice of land bought by a group of AA farmers)- took 396 people pooling people's grants to purchase the land
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What are the key terms of the Kenya video?
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HIV/AIDS, medical geography, disease diffusion, and migration to urban areas
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What is the new strategy to fight aids?
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health care advecates have begun to campaign for low price drugs, the benefits are immense
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what are the major diseases in Kenya?
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. Milaria, tuberculoses, hiv/aids.
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Setting of the Power Place 2
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El Paso,
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico |
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Which town is looked at?
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Anapra
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What are the key terms of the Power Place 2 video?
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size and scale, relative location, regions, and spatial perspective
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What is the border lands?
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the border land(area with characteristics of both border regions).
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What are the border lands in this video?
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Elpaso Juarez region
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What is a maquiladoras?
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An assembly plant in Mexico, especially one along the border between the United States and Mexico
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What is the main point of the border lands video?
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a spatial perspective could help us policy makers and us understand the changing realities of relative locations
only by exploring different regions at different scales can we appreciate the dynamic new forces along the us mexican border lands. |
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What were the goals of the spaceship?
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1 To have the first try with the Russian spacecraft Mir
2 To show the world a new perspective of Earth |
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What is the answer for geographers on where to land and where it is safe to visit or build a home?
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Maps
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What are the key terms from the first power of place video?
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* Satellite Imagery
* Plate Tectonics Theory * Latitude/Longitude Coordinate System * The Aral Sea Situation * Human-Environmental Interaction |
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What is the driving force behind globalization?
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economic
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What are the key terms of the second video?
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* Globalization
* Supranationalism * Centripetal vs. Centrifugal Forces |
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What is supranationalism?
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method of decision-making in political communities
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What is the break down of borders
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an example of supranationalism
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what is the demand of the world?
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Pay me respect
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Centripetal vs. Centrifugal Forces
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external force required to make a body follow a curved path
Moving or directed away from a center |
