Human Geo questions 10/15

Ancient cartography-
1. Eratosthenes calculated Earth's size pretty accurately.
2. He invented the armillary sphere, one of the most important instruments in astronomy.
3. He invented the word geography.
Time Zones-
4.Portland Oregon- 7 am
5. Greenwich, England- 3 pm
6. Toronto, Ontario- 10 am
7. The south pole- 3 am
Locations and Place names-
8. Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Great lakes, Great mountains, White mountains
9.Mt. De Nali, Alaska, Arizona, Conneticut, Hawaii
10.St. Louis, Maryland, Baltimore, Calvert county, Calvert county
11. Georgetown University, John Carroll, Thomas Aquinas college, John Carroll University, St. Margrets
Latitude and Longitude-
12. 39.2904N, 76.6122W
13. 0.1807S, 78.4678W
14. 16.8414S, 179.9813W
15. 43.5321S, 172.6362E
16. 58.3019N, 134.4197W
Antipodes-
The antipode of any spot is the point on Earths surface diametrically opposite to it.
Antipodes for locations-
18. Departamento Conesa, RN, Argentina
19. In the water
20. "most likely in the ocean"

Culture

Culture is the body of customary beliefs, material traits and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. Your culture makes you stand out and be unique. The world culture comes from the latin word cultus which means "to care for". There are also two different types of culture in which geographers both study. The first one is what people care about. For example peoples beliefs, language and cultural values. The second one is what people take care of. For example food, clothing, shelter, and things that other humans need in order to survive and thrive.

Test overview

Today in Human Geo we talked about what is going to be on our test next week. At the end of next week we are having a unit test on what we have learned so far. One of the things we have learned in class is about GPS's. GPS's can help you with turn by turn directions, and can provide your location to social media. The second thing on the test that we need to know is about time zones. There are 24 time zones for every 15 degrees of longitude. We also need to know the four types of distortion. The four types are the shape shape of an area can be distorted, the relative size of different areas can be altered, the distance between points can become increased or decreased, and the direction between points can be distorted. Now I know what I need to study and memorize for the quiz next week.

Regions

In class on Friday we talked about regions. A region is an unique area. Geographers can identify three different types of regions. The three types are a Formal region, a Functional region and, a Vernacular region. A formal region is a area in which everyone shares a common one or more distinctive characteristics. A functional region is a area organized around a node or a focal point. And last but not least a vernacular region is a area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. In conclusion, every location in the world is a part of a region whether it Formal, Functional or Vernacular.

How you can identify location

Today in Human Geo we talked about how location can be identified in 3 ways. One way that you can  identify location is by place names. Place names are names that derived from people of prominence, religious affiliation, physical features or origins of its settlers. The second way that you can identify location is by site. The site is that physical characteristics of a place. The characteristics of a site are the climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetarian, latitude and elevation. The third and final way to identify location is situation. Situation is the location of a place relative to other places. There are also regions which are unique areas. Regions are mostly applied at two scales. The two scales are spanning political and constrained within one political state.

Socrates and how he relates to todays society

Today in Human Geo we talked about our test. We went over our answers like we do in every class for tests, but this time when we went over one of the essay questions we found ourselves debating about an issue in todays society. The essay question was Socrates famously stated "The unexamined life is not worth living." Describe what this statement means to you personally. We talked about Socrates and how if you don't have freedom then why live at all. This brought us to the subject of kneeling during the national anthem. I completely disagree with kneeling to protest police brutality. I think that if you want to protest then they're are many different more peaceful ways to do that. For example you could set up an March or start a movement. The NFL players are getting paid millions of dollars to play football and entertain us, not disrespect our veterans.

GPS in society

If you go back about 50 years we a hardly had any technology now we have phones, Televisions and GPS'. GPS' play an huge role in todays society, If you are lost you can use a GPS to find your destination. A GPS is a system that accurately determines the precise position of something on earth. There are three different elements of GPS' in the United States today. One is that satellites in predetermined orbits, Tracking stations to monitor and control satellites and, a receiver that can locate at least 4 satellites. There are also many applications of GPS' including Turn by turn directions in vehicles, Navigational aid to planes and ship captains,  and, provide location to social media applications in a smartphone. Personally I do not think I'd like places to know my location and information. However I do like it when a GPS tells us how far away we are from the closest location we entered.