Cultural Geography

Fall 2004

Chapter 1 Basics

Homework 1

Due September 8, 2004

 

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?