Intro Review - Ms. Preissler

1
Bell Work

• Tear a piece of notebook paper in half and create
  2 multiple choice questions from the material we
  have been covering.
• One question on each half piece
• This is to benefit you! While also helping us to
  review today.

2
Cultural Ecology

• The study of human-environment relationships

Terraced rice fields in Bali reflect cultural
adaptation to a mountainous tropical environment.
Cultivated terraces on a hillside in southwestern
Uganda
3
Environmental Determinism

• The process of how the physical environment
  caused social development.

4
Possibilism

• The ability of people to adjust to their
  environment.

Why are there golf courses in the middle of
desert regions?
5
Formal Region

• A uniform or homogeneous region
• areas that have official boundaries such as
  counties, cities, states and countries

Would you know if you left Plainfields city
limits?
Regions by Language
Everyone in the United States shares the same
president.
6
Functional (Nodal) Region

• An area organized around a node or focal point
  and the space surrounding that central location

7
Vernacular (Perceptual) Region

• A place that people exists as part of their
  culture.
• Area defined by peoples feelings and attitudes

Europe
Texas
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Types of Geography

• Physical

• Human/Cultural

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Review Game

• The better you follow directions, the more review
  youll get
• After I number you off, bring everything with you
  and quietly quickly, re-arrange desks into
  groups, with ALL desks touching.