Updated: April 2009

Human Geography

Chapter 1

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GAME RULES FINAL ROUND

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Geo means earth and graphy means to write

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What does the word “geography” mean?

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CARTOGRAPHY.

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WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF MAP MAKIING?

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- Jeopardy -A TOOL FOR STORING

REFERENCE MATERIAL AND A TOOL FOR GIVING

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

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WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF MAPS?

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Cartography

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What is the oldest field of Geography?

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A set of computer tools that capture, store, transform,

analyze, and display geographic data

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What is a Geographical Information system or

(GIS)?

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Carl Sauer

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- Jeopardy -Who defined the concept

of cultural landscape as a fundamental unit of

geographical analysis and said there is no area not

altered by humans?

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Ptolemy

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- Jeopardy -Who wrote an eight

volume “Guide to Geography” and

codified the basic principles of mapmaking?

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ERATOSTHENES.

Category B

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- Jeopardy -Who is the head librarian at

Alexandria, one of the first cartographers, credited with naming the term

“geography”?

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George Perkins Marsh

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- Jeopardy -Wrote ”Man and Nature, or

Physical Geography as Modified be Human Action” and was the first to describe how humans had impacted

natural systems

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How much would you like to bet?

DAILY DOUBLE

- Jeopardy -He claimed that geography

has four distinct traditions:earth-science tradition

cultural-environment traditionlocational tradition

and area-analysis tradition

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Who is W. D. Pattison?

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Spatial Perspective

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- Jeopardy -What is an examination of

an area and specific phenomena to determine how and why it appears in

that space and how it relates to phenomena in

other spaces ?

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Quantitative Revolution

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What is the name for the period in human

geography associated with the adoption of mathematical models

and statistical techniques?

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- Jeopardy -

How much would you like to bet?

DAILY DOUBLE

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anthropogenic

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What is the term for human-induced

environmental changes?

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sustainability

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What is the term for conserving resources to ensure enough for future

generations?

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Nomothetic

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This term refers to concepts that are

universally applicable?

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The study of interactions between societies and their

natural environments

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What is cultural ecology?

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- Jeopardy -The intersection of human

and physical geography, it explores the spatial impact humans have on physical environments and vice

versa

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What is environmental geography?

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The study of geographic regions

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What is regional geography?

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The study of the earth’s integrated systems as a whole,

instead of the focus of one phenomena in a place

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What is systematic geography?

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Pertains to the unique facts or characteristics of

a particular place

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What is Idiographic?

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The relationship between the portion of the Earth

being studied and the Earth as a whole.

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What is scale?

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a name given to a certain place on the Earth

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What is a toponym?

Category E

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- Jeopardy -Physical characteristics of

a place such as climate, topography, soil,

vegetation, latitude, and elevation that are used by geographers to describe the location of a place.

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What is a site?

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- Jeopardy -

Place your bets!

DAILY DOUBLE

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The location of a place relative to other places, this is valuable to

find an unfamiliar place or understand its importance

DAILY DOUBLE

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What is a situation?

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Imaginary lines that lay across the earth in a grid system

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What is latitude and longitude?

Category E

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- Jeopardy -Welcome to

Jeopardy!The fun and sneaky way to

review material for the upcoming test!

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And now…a brief introduction to the RULES of the GAME…

- Jeopardy -Each group must:

a) SIT TOGETHER, and b) Designate a SPEAKER who will respond to the prompts (You may NOT

change speakers).

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The game consists of FIVE categories,

each containingFIVE questions

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Questions are randomly arranged, NOT by degree

of difficulty

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Each speaker may select only ONE question per

round

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Once the selected question is posted on the

screen, the SPEAKER of the team

has 10 seconds to respond.

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The speaker may consult with teammates before

responding

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During the game, whispering is OK, but LOUD talking and/or disruptions DURING

THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire

team.

- Jeopardy -The response should be

phrased in the FORM OF A QUESTION.

(Words, phrases, and statements – even if correct –

may be disqualified)

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A CORRECT ANSWER earns the team the amount of points indicated on the

jeopardy board.

- Jeopardy -If the speaker does not

respond correctly within 10 seconds, the question passes on to the next

team speaker, who has 5 seconds to respond.

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The number of points for the correct answer at this stage are the same as for

the previous team.

- Jeopardy -Questions that are not

answered correctly by the selecting team are offered to the other teams in turn until a correct answer is given or

all teams have guessed incorrectly.

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For the Daily Double, the speaker designates the

number of points – up to the max. points earned by the team. If correct, the

team earns the designated points; if

incorrect, they lose the designated points.

- Jeopardy -Again, whispering is OK,

but remember, LOUD TALKING and/or

DISRUPTIONS DURING THE GAME may result in point loss for the entire

team.

- Jeopardy -The judge’s decisions

are FINAL and whining, pouting, and/or

complaints will NOT BE ENTERTAINED…

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Ready to play?

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Final Jeopardy Topic: fundamentals

You may wager up to the amount of points your team

has earned. Write your wager on a piece of paper and submit

it.

Updated: April 2009

Final Jeopardy QuestionFinal Jeopardy Question

The master reference time for all points on Earth at 0` longitude

Updated: April 2009

FundamentalsFundamentals

What is Greenwich mean time?