GEO 201 EXAM 1
the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments -
ANSWER...-GEOGRAPHY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY - ANSWER...-the study of urban places, both their diversity and
regularities within and between them
URBAN DEVELOPMENT - ANSWER...-the process of becoming urban...the
transformation of physical environment through investment of labor, energy, and/or
capital
URBAN PLANNING - ANSWER...-systematic analysis of urban problems to find
creative solutions for the future
LEWIS' AXIOMS - ANSWER...-1. Landscape as a clue to culture
2. Cultural unity and landscape equality
3. Common things
4. History
5. Geography
6. Environmental control
7. Landscape obscurity
SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA (EARLY DATES) - ANSWER...-11000BC: human
occupation of Americas
1400AD: Mississippian mound-building peaks
1492: Columbus lands in Western hemisphere
1565: Spanish found St. Augustine
1620: Plymouth colony founded
1625: Dutch settle New Amsterdam
HUMAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS ARE SHAPED BY: - ANSWER...-site and situation
SITE - ANSWER...-physical characteristics of a place
SITUATION - ANSWER...-the location of a place relative to other places
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT - ANSWER...--
varied topography
-diverse climates leading to diverse hydrogeography
-diverse human geography
, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NATIVE AMERICANS -
ANSWER...-N: nomadic hunter gatherers
S: long term agriculturists
EXAMPLES OF NATIVE AMERICAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT - ANSWER...--Iriquois
Confederacy: people of the longhouse who lived off agriculture and trade
-Mississippian Mound-Builders: urbanized, organized, sedentary society
-Anasazi: permanent pueblos in urban agricultural society
COLONIAL EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS (DATES) - ANSWER...-1664: Dutch
relinquish New Amsterdam to English
1681: William Penn founds Philadelphia
1763: French cede Quebec after French and Indian War
1776-1783: Revolutionary War, English occupy New York
1792: cotton gin invented (slaves not needed)
1807: Fulton successfully tests steam boat
HOW DOES A POLITICAL ECONOMY WORK? - ANSWER...--economies aren't just
markets but societies
-modes of production
-divisions of labor
MODES OF PRODUCTION - ANSWER...-how production is organized and controlled
(the people)
DIVISIONS OF LABOR - ANSWER...-dividing work through specialization; assembly
line
-local and global
COMMONALITIES BETWEEN EUROPEAN COLONIZATION - ANSWER...--old world
urban models (medieval)
-planned with Greek and Roman inspiration
-adapted for conquest
NEW SPAIN SETTLEMENT (St. Augustine) - ANSWER...--planned with walls
-church in the center(converting natives)
-fort
NEW FRENCH SETTLEMENT - ANSWER...--needed beaver fur
-settled on Mississippi
-medieval plans (wall, church)
NEW NETHERLANDS SETTLEMENT (New Amsterdam) - ANSWER...--maritime trade
-large harbor with walled city
-canals and fort
-broad streets and organic plan
the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments -
ANSWER...-GEOGRAPHY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY - ANSWER...-the study of urban places, both their diversity and
regularities within and between them
URBAN DEVELOPMENT - ANSWER...-the process of becoming urban...the
transformation of physical environment through investment of labor, energy, and/or
capital
URBAN PLANNING - ANSWER...-systematic analysis of urban problems to find
creative solutions for the future
LEWIS' AXIOMS - ANSWER...-1. Landscape as a clue to culture
2. Cultural unity and landscape equality
3. Common things
4. History
5. Geography
6. Environmental control
7. Landscape obscurity
SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA (EARLY DATES) - ANSWER...-11000BC: human
occupation of Americas
1400AD: Mississippian mound-building peaks
1492: Columbus lands in Western hemisphere
1565: Spanish found St. Augustine
1620: Plymouth colony founded
1625: Dutch settle New Amsterdam
HUMAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS ARE SHAPED BY: - ANSWER...-site and situation
SITE - ANSWER...-physical characteristics of a place
SITUATION - ANSWER...-the location of a place relative to other places
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT - ANSWER...--
varied topography
-diverse climates leading to diverse hydrogeography
-diverse human geography
, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NATIVE AMERICANS -
ANSWER...-N: nomadic hunter gatherers
S: long term agriculturists
EXAMPLES OF NATIVE AMERICAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT - ANSWER...--Iriquois
Confederacy: people of the longhouse who lived off agriculture and trade
-Mississippian Mound-Builders: urbanized, organized, sedentary society
-Anasazi: permanent pueblos in urban agricultural society
COLONIAL EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS (DATES) - ANSWER...-1664: Dutch
relinquish New Amsterdam to English
1681: William Penn founds Philadelphia
1763: French cede Quebec after French and Indian War
1776-1783: Revolutionary War, English occupy New York
1792: cotton gin invented (slaves not needed)
1807: Fulton successfully tests steam boat
HOW DOES A POLITICAL ECONOMY WORK? - ANSWER...--economies aren't just
markets but societies
-modes of production
-divisions of labor
MODES OF PRODUCTION - ANSWER...-how production is organized and controlled
(the people)
DIVISIONS OF LABOR - ANSWER...-dividing work through specialization; assembly
line
-local and global
COMMONALITIES BETWEEN EUROPEAN COLONIZATION - ANSWER...--old world
urban models (medieval)
-planned with Greek and Roman inspiration
-adapted for conquest
NEW SPAIN SETTLEMENT (St. Augustine) - ANSWER...--planned with walls
-church in the center(converting natives)
-fort
NEW FRENCH SETTLEMENT - ANSWER...--needed beaver fur
-settled on Mississippi
-medieval plans (wall, church)
NEW NETHERLANDS SETTLEMENT (New Amsterdam) - ANSWER...--maritime trade
-large harbor with walled city
-canals and fort
-broad streets and organic plan
