Thinking Geography Practice- Human Geography

Geographic information about human activities __________.

A. can help leaders decide how to plan for the future

A geographer's interpretation of events, people, and places is influenced by perceptions and perspective.

True

Which of the following is not an example of human-environment interaction?

B. Antarctic lands not being visited or affected by humans

Which of the following statements about perspective and perception in geography is false?

B. It is important to view the world geographically from only one perspective.

If geography is all about studying where things happen and why they happen there, how is meteorology a part of geography? In a short paragraph, define meteorology. Explain how meteorology is about studying geography's key questions, "where?" and "why there?"

Meteorology is defined as the study of the atmosphere, especially weather and climate. It is important to meteorology because it includes where storms usually occur, how they form, and what direction storms typically are going to go. Systems, how geographic systems and weather interact. A great example would be those early winter storms in the Great Lakes regions tend to get a great deal more snow because of lake effects. And climate, which is the study of atmospheric conditions and weather over a very long period of time.

Geographers seek to answer two key questions when they study the world: "where?" and "why there?" A geographer can study any process taking place in the world today by answering these questions. In a short paragraph, identify one of your interests (maybe it's sports, games, or another hobby). How could you answer geography's two key questions when studying this interest?

One of my interests is baseball. Not only it is known across the globe, it also draws a lot of people's interests towards this sport. It increases the sales of the sport (stadiums, concessions, transportation, etc.), diversity of people's backgrounds and ethnicity is very strong as they commune, but negatively affects the environment because of pollution and mistreatment to nature.

The effect of human activity on Earth is not important to geography.

False

Analyze the photo below and answer the question that follows. Which of the following statements best describes the role of a surveyor in geography?

C. A surveyor provides close readings of land elevations.

In this lesson, we identified many uses of geography. One example is urban planning. How would geography be useful in helping to plan the future of a community? Give your response in the form of a short paragraph.

Geography would be beneficial in urban planning because it helps the builders determine where certain public facilities (parks, restaurants, etc.), transportation, and important buildings would be located. To help the leaders with the decisions, surveyors not only measure the distance between two points but also accurately measure elevation. This is extremely important for architects and engineers when they're designing and planning everything from houses, to skyscrapers, to even bridges and new highways.

Every person has a mental map of the world around them. In a short paragraph, describe your mental map of your neighborhood by describing two locations that are important to you. How do you know how to get to these two locations? Where are they in relation to each other?

My mental map is small because I know almost everyone in my neighborhood, as well as the terrain and roads. I started to know the creek and the roads when I got familiar with them as I settled in with the town. The two locations are very close together because they are about parallel to each other, but usually intersect near one of the houses. It is also a hilly area, so there is a bridge that goes over the creek.