 | Introduction
After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
- Define the term "geography".
- Understand how the field of geography evolved from ancient times to today.
- Recognize the types of employment available to professionally trained geographers.
- Explain the five fundamental themes of geography.
- Understand why size and scale can affect the interpretation of geographic phenomena.
- To be able to identify places in terms of their absolute and relative location as well as their site and situation.
- Distinguish between physical and cultural landscapes and explain how humans can change the attributes of a place.
- Explain what is meant by accessibility, connectivity, and distance decay when describing interactions among places.
- Classify regions as being either "formal" or "functional".
- Identify the four traditions of geography, and know each of their approaches to geographic understanding.
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