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Why are you in college?
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Why did you register for this course? Human
geography meets your social science (category
III) and world culture requirements for your
liberal arts education.
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• What do you want to learn about geography?
• Geographers study places in three ways
• Human-environmental aspects
• Regions
• Spatial networks

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• In the first week you should
• Read the intro web pages for Geography 111.
• Take the first web self-test for this course.
• Go to the bookstore to rent the Atlas andbuy the
  Reader and the Field Guidebook.

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Why is this an odd looking map?Is there a
correct way of seeing/showing the world?
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Source http//www.flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobo
dyer-large.jpg
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Be sure to consult your atlas for more world maps.
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Source The Economist, 24 September 2011.
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What do these maps, called cartograms, show?
population by world region wealth by world region
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• The characteristics of the world human population
  vary spatially. What does this map show?

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• The worlds pop varies in other ways too.

• In addition, the richest 20 of the worlds
  population consumes 50 of all energy, 50 of all
  meat products, and produces 80 of carbon
  dioxide.
• The USA now spends 50 of the worlds total
  military budget.
• The ratio of the worlds richest 20 to the
  poorest 20 continues to widen 301 (1960) to
  701 (2003).

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The number of planets needed to sustain specific
countries at different levels of current
consumption. This gives new meaning to which
countries are over populated. Currently,
China, with 20 of the worlds population,
consumes 50 of all pork and 30 of all steel. So
is China over populated? The poorest half of the
world produces 7 of the carbon emissions the
richest 7 produces half the carbon!
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• The worlds population characteristics by
  country, in this case GDP per head and growth of
  GDP, are graphed two different ways.
• Which is better? Why?
• What other relevant characteristic might be
  plotted? Distribution of GDP within each country.

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income and wealth distribution within countries
and among classes actually matters more for
ordinary people than national statistics
Although China is now the worlds second biggest
economy, its wealth is very unevenly distributed
throughout the country and, by extension, by
classes.
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North
South
Emerging national economies are countries in
the South which have high rates of economic
growth, as measured by capitalist indexes. Of
the 32 emerging economies, China, India, Mexico,
Brazil, Chile, and Russia (and other former
Communist Eastern European countries) are the
newest emerging economies. Other major
emerging economies are South Korea, Taiwan, and
Singapore. All the emerging economies accounted
for 30 of the worlds GDP, and 50 if measured
by purchasing-power parity in 2007. They
exported 45 of the world total consumed over
50 of the worlds energy and had 75 of global
foreign-exchange reserves.
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Now you are ready to create your own maps of
Third World patterns. You will learn to use a
simple mapping software program, duplicate a map
from your atlas, and create your own map. You
will be using this same software and data again
when you make maps of Western Europe. Use the web
link on the Geog111 home page for all the
details, including the due date.