HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Fort Bend ISD人文地理本德堡ISD.pptVIP

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ITS NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES GEOGRAPHY AS A FIELD OF STUDY Physical and human geography are the two branches of study NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS Herodotus – linked history and geography NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS Hipparchus – devised a grid system to map the curved surface of Earth NOTABLE GEOGRAPHERS Carl Sauer – possibilism – human activity is determined by choices that humans make rather than by physical environments KEY CONCEPTS: SPACE Absolute Space – it exists in the aerial relations among phenomena on Earth’s surface KEY CONCEPTS: PLACE Refers to a location that has a particular identi