Cultural
Geography
Fall 2004
Chapter
1 Basics
Homework
1
Due
1) Class List Serve/Chat
Room: Join the service so we
can study together and you can share answers to homework, etc. I will use
this to give you test advice and help you with discussions. Go to this
web site and go to “Students/Join a class” and then login to the Cultural
Geography Class using the provided Class Key. You will have to create a
user and post a message (such as, “This is Gary Coutu and I love geography.”)
Web
site: http://www.nicenet.org/
Class
Name: Cultural Geography
Your
Class Key: YZ07597C95
2) At the
Web Site for the course text (you
will have to have a textbook password), complete the following exercises:
1.
Quiz
The web site:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072826886/information_center_view0/
After you answer the
questions you will be given the option to email me the results (bottom of page)
3) Short Essays: Your answers to Questions 1-3 should be emailed to
me.
Question 1: What is a geographer? Why would culture be an appropriate topic for
a geographer to study? What would the
geographer study and how would they do this?
Question 2: What is a Geographic Information
System? Is this an appropriate tool to
use to study cultural geography?
Question 3:
What are the core geographic concepts and what tools/techniques do
geographers use to explore these?