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2011 pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human geography 2011 pearson Education, Inc. Defining geography Word coined by Eratosthenes Geo = Earth Graphia = writing geography thus means earth writing 2011 pearson Education, Inc. Contemporary geography Geographers ask where and why Location and distribution are important terms Geographers are concerned with the tension between globalization and local diversity A division: physical geography and human geography 2011 pearson Education, Inc.

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