Summary: Human Geography

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  • 1.1 Lecture 1: History of Human Geography

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  • What did the invention of the printing press help do?

    Spreading the early geographical works in Europe.
  • What did the 'age of exploration' in the 15th and 16th centuries lead to?

    An increase in geographical knowledge and production of maps.
  • What did early-modern geography involve?

    Navigation skills, map-making and describing of flora, fauna landscapes and people.
  • What were the roles of 15th and 16th centuries geopgraphers and cartographers?

    1. Trade, cultural exchange, and scientific exploration on a global scale
    2.  A more comprehensive understanding of the earth's diverse landscapes, people and ecosystems
    3. Conquest, colonzation, slave trade
  • Who is German scientist Alexander?

    He is regarded as the father of modern geography.

    He went on scientific expeditions to the ‘New World’ i.e. Latin America in
    1799-1804.
  • When was travel as an educational activity born?

    With the 'Grand Tour' of the Mediterranean, popular with the aristocracy and urban bourgeoisie.
  • What paved the way for European colonization of the America's, Asia and Africa?

    The navigational and cartographical skills of exploration and discovery.
  • What is the definition of environmental determinism?

    The physical environment, such as climate, terrain and natural resources, influenced the culture, behaviour and development of societies.
  • What seperated after WW1?

    The different disciplines of geography, into pysical geography and human geography.
  • What is the definition of human geography?

    The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and environment, and how these vary spatially and temporally.

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