Human geography

Part II - Read chapters 1 and 2 in "Teaching Geography" by Gershmehl. Answer the following questions: 1. What does Gershmehl mean by the 'geographic perspective'? He means “why things are located where they are”, “what are the advantages foor things being in appropriate places”, “are there penalties…

teacher, in particular that really deserves some recognition. My AP Human Geography teacher, Mrs. Bullock. Mrs. Bullock is a tough teacher. She expects everyone to do their work, and to do it well. She expects every students’ best, and I think that is a very important quality for a teacher to have. She is also very fair. She isn’t too harsh about things, she is just real. In her class, people get the grade they earned. AP Human Geography, is one of the first classes I have actually had to…

Ken Jennings’ Maphead narrates his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so interesting to him and to fellow fans everywhere. Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even…

Place and Identity Essay The term place can have several different meanings in geography. It is often thought of as a location of a town, city, or region on the Earth’s surface. More specifically, place can define the unique characteristics of a certain location whether it have a very significant meaning to you or no meaning at all. Places not only includes visual characteristics and features of a location but also the associations and feelings that come over us when we are reminded of it or go…

is an important topic in the discussion on environment and development. Unlike chapters on environmental issues in the book, this chapter on population and development lacks some of the critical analysis of the topic which are more common in human geography text books. The recent changes in global economy in terms of growth of China and India and other developing countries, war, refugee crisis, political instability etc. needs to be addressed to some extent to give the students the actual…

Throughout my studies of chapter 4 unit 1 in the textbook titled, “Geography” by Holt McDougal I have obtained a wide amount of knowledge of how physical geography has had an impact on human history. Culture, religion, politics, and societies are some of the prime examples of what aspects of human life were affected. I have also obtained information about other subjects like the origin of man and the affect of agriculture through packets, worksheets, and videos like, “The Journey of Man” by…

I’m Grace Gerard, an AP Human Geography student from Blaine High School in Blaine, Minnesota. In Blaine, Minnesota we are fortunate enough to have access to clean and safe drinking water, but sadly, the residents of Flint, Michigan do not have that luxury. Since 2015, I’ve heard stories about water crisis in Flint. When I received the assignment in my AP Human Geography class to write a letter to a leader, I thought it would be a perfect time to write about the Flint water crisis. As the…

far? For my thesis, I have employed specific methodologies that complement the research aims/questions outlined above. This has been achieved so far through using a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Being primarily an economic geography thesis, the methodologies will be slightly weighted in favour of statistics, graphs and numerical analysis. However, I feel it is important to compensate for the weaknesses of purely numerical data through the use of more humanistic…

Location is truly a story of young love. As Khalid says himself, this song is about that special type of love that you would travel around the world for. Khalid is able to express this feeling with a lot of symbolism. He really tells us about how he feels in this song. The theme of this song is done through five literary devices. Khalid mostly shows these literary devices through symbolism. First off Khalid says “At times I wonder why I fool with you/ But this is new to me, this is new…

Amazon Jungle, 1974 As She stole through the night, Lina made sure that she melted into the shadows of the tree’s to throw off anyone that might be following her. It had taken her years, but she had finally deciphered the code leading her to the lost temple of Ugiszarie, and more importantly, the Ugiszarie emerald. The Ugiszarie emerald, the whole reason she was doing this ridiculously dangerous task. The Ugiszarie emerald was believed to be a mythical gem that weighed over 900 pounds and…