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The document discusses American geography, including its major physical features and regions. It notes that from west to east, the major geographic features are the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Mississippi River, and Appalachian Mountains. It also discusses how physical geography influences where people live and how they interact with their environment, providing the example of how the Iroquois Indians built homes from wood abundant in the Appalachian Mountain region they inhabited. Additionally, it identifies that the first permanent English colony was located at Jamestown in the Atlantic Plain region on the eastern coast.
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Module 4 Overview
The America’s Realms and Regions
This module will focus on the realms and regions of the Americas. You will begin by learning about the topography of the Americas. The historical geography of the Americas will be explained. You will compare and contrast the political geography of the Americas with the rest of the world’s political systems. In addition, the economical geography of the Americas will be reviewed along with the diverse religions. Lastly, you will evaluate the cultural geography of the Americas in relation to the rest of the world.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
2D
identify the landform regions, climates, and major lakes and rivers of North America.
2E
illustrate the basic historical geography of the settlement along with the economic and parallel urban geography of the U.S. and Canada for the past three centuries.
2F
describe Canada’s provinces and territories, English-French cultural division, and the indigenous people’s movement.
2G
describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers as well as the vertical organization of climates in highland zones.
2H
discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and its development opportunities in the NAFTA era.
2I
describe the general layout of the Caribbean Islands.
3D
examine the broad aspects of South America’s Historical Geography from the time of the Incas to the post colonial era.
5F
evaluate the features that make the Core region of North America so prominent.
5G
describe the growth of the Southeast and discuss the effect of Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures on the Southwest region.
5H
identify reasons why the Western Frontier is the fastest growing region and discuss why the Northern Frontier is considered a true “frontier.”
6A
interpret the realm’s cultural mosaic, agricultural and industrial activities, general patterns of urbanization, and challenges and opportunities.
6B
evaluate the basic environmental, historical, cultural, political, economic, physical, and human geography of South America.
Module 4 Reading Assignment
de Blij, H. J., & Muller, P. O. (2012). Geography: Realms, regions, and concepts (15th ed.). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Chapters3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, and 5B.
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Introduction
World Regional Geography
What is Geography?Geography is the study of…. the earth, its features (physical and human-made) and the interaction between these featuresGeographers ask…WHERE are things located? and-WHY are things where they are? Geography is a multidisciplinary discipline
What is World Regional Geography?The study of the world by breaking it down into realms and regionsA realm is…The largest unit the inhabited world can be dividedThe result of the interaction between human societies and natural environmentsA representation of the great population clusters of humankindA changing entity over timeMarked by transition zones at its boundaries with other realms
We will be studying the world by realms and regions. For example, one of the realms we will be studying is North America. North America is a realm and is also broken down into regions that we will also study: The Maritime Northeast, The South, etc.
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What is World Regional Geography?A region is…An area on the earth’s surface marked by specific criteria that we establishSpecific criteria in this class focus on four themes: physical, cultural, economic, and historical geographyAll regions have…Area BoundariesLocationAbsolute location – specific measurable point on the earth’s surfaceRelative location – location with respect to other regions
What is World Regional Geography?All regions include statesA state is…a politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international communityA state must contain:a permanent resident populationan organized economya functioning internal circulation system
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Your book and geographers- refer to countries as states.
How would you divide the world?
Think about what kind of criteria you would use to divide the world and try to come up with a division scheme on your own. The book divides the world based on geographic similarities that include physical (the natural environment), cultural, economic, historical, and political (in some cases).
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Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyPhysical Geography…The study of the earth’s natural landscapes (the array of landforms and physical features that constitute the earth’s surfaceWhat are some examples of natural landscapes?Physiography – synonymous with physical geography; literally means landscape description
Themes of the Course:
Physical GeographyQuestion 1: Why do we have mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes in some places and not others?Enter the Theory of Plate TectonicsThe Theory of Plate Tectonics states that…the world is divided into large slabs of rock called tectonic plates that move slowly over the earth’s surfacethe movement of these tectonic plates create mountains and cause earthquakes and volcanoes along their boundariesTypes of tectonic plate boundaries:Convergent – two plates collide, one plate dips below another plate (subduction), creating mountains and causing e.
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