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a social creation as much as it is a physical universe

it shapes our society

the sum of inventions, institutions, and relationships created by humans

technology

1) physical objects (ex: plow)

2) activities or process (ex: steelmaking)

3) knowledge (engineering)

I=PAT

Impact (on earth's resources)
=
Population
x
Affluence (per capita income)
x
Technology factor

The study of how human society has adapted to environmental challenges such as shit

emphasizes the interdependence of nature and humans

Thorough

spirit dominates the flesh

Ralph Waldo Emerson

preservation is more extreme than conservation

Preservationists are also known as ecoterrorists

society has a moral obligation to treat nature according to the rules of moral behavior that exist for treating human beings

equate women to nature and there you go

human and nonhuman deserve equal respect

self-realization that you are a part of nature

~1.5 million yrs ago

early Stone Age

~10,000 yrs ago

cultivating plants and herding wild animals

the later part of the Paleolithic period

no natural immunity to disease

crops moving from one location to another

near genocide of native populations

tries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions among a bunch of industrialized countries

the way goeography shapes culture

connections among people and places (beliefs and a bunch of other shitty keywords)

mix of landscape and culture

geography of the past

a way of life that defines a group of people

cultural complex

a spatial dispersion of a group of previously homogeneous people

Size largest to smallest:

C) Language Family - large collection of languages that are believed to go back to prehistoric origins

A) Language Branch - a collection of language that possess a common origin but have been split into individual languages

B) Language Group - a group of several very similar languages in a branch

an attempt to protect cultures from the homogenizing effect of globalization

the way geography shapes culture

the way geography shapes culture

Islam - means "submission" to god's will

Muslim - is a follower of Islam

a pilgrimage to Mecca

"sacred struggle" to convert nonbelievers

the practice of creating unequal castes where being white is standard

attachement to a territory or place

study of the formation of human customs and beliefs

the study of the meaning that people give to personal space

the connection b/w a person and his surroundings

District - a place with identifiable characteristics that people can enter or leave (ex: Norcross)

Node - specific points within a district for travel(ex: street corner)

Landmark - physical reference points

"love of a place"

reading a writing signs in one's environment

Modernity emphasizes scientific progress and economic stuff while Postmodernity emphasizes openness to social inquiry and gay shit like artistic expression

at ease with many different cultures; well-traveled

gross national income

Purchasing Power Parity - how much a market can purchase in their local currency of a common "basket" of goods

Primary - anything to do with natural resources

Secondary - anything with manufacturing/processing raw goods

Tertiary - sale and exchange of goods and services

Quaternary - handling and processing of knowledge and information (ex: education)

Newly industrializing country

groups of countries with trading agreements

when a country does not contribute to international trade/flow of goods

the need to constantly borrow to develop

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (about 30 countries)

the relationship between present-day activities in a place and the past experiences of that place

an economy that benefits from clustering in a particular location

the cost of conglomerating firms

the negative effects of urbanization on local infrastructure

An industry that other industries grow around

Fordism - mass production/scientific production

Neo-fordism - more flexible production, distribution and marketing systems