GGH1501 STUDY GUIDE MO001/4/2017 SEM 1 & 2 (151 PAGES)

MO001/4/2017 Know your world: Introduction to Geography GGH1501 Semesters 1 & 2 Department of Geography IMPORTANT INFORMATION This module online (MO) document contains a printed version of the study material that is available online on myUnisa. Please activate your myUnisa and myLife e-mail addresses and ensure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module site GGH1501/17/S1 OR GGH1501/17/S2, depending on which semester you are registered in, as well as your group site. Define tomorrow. university of south africa© 2016 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk, Pretoria Although every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders of sources used in this publication; this has not always been possible. Should any infringement have occurred, the publisher apologises and undertakes to amend the omission in the event of a reprint. GGH1501/MO001/2017 70423687 InDesign HSY_Style Acknowledgement Education Consultant: Michelé van Wyk Layout: Kim Barnard Language: Yvonne PawlowskiCONTENTS Learning unit 0: Know your learning environment Introduction 0.1 0.2 Learning outcomes for GGH1501 0.3 Key questions for this learning unit 0.4 0.5 0.6 Graduateness Required reading How to study this module online 0.6.1 Getting started on myUnisa 0.6.2 The relevant myUnisa sites for GGH1501 0.6.2.1 Your module site 0.6.2.2 Your e-tutor website 0.6.3 The components of a myUnisa site The structure of the learning units 0.7.1 Introduction 0.7.2 Aim and learning outcomes Prescribed material 0.7.4 Finding your way through the study material 0.7.5 Capstone Activity Test yourself 0.7.6  ummary and reection Geo-Literacy 0.8 0.9 What we commit to contribute 0.10 What is expected of you 0.11 Assignments and examinations Time management and support 0.12 0.13 Conclusion Learning unit 1: The nature of geography and geographical thinking Introduction 1.1 1.2 Aim and learning outcomes Prescribed material 1.4 Finding your way through the study material 1.4.1 Making meaning of geography 1.4.2 Geography through the ages 1.4.3 Geographic descriptions of location 1.4.4 Places and regions: unique geographic locations 1.4.5 Scale: from global to local 1.4.6 Time and space: the distribution of features Interaction between places 1.4.7 1.4.8 The earth’s physical systems GGH1501/MO001/2017 1.3 0.7.3 0.7 Page 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 10 10 10 11 12 12  12 13 13 14 15 15 17 17 19 19 20 20 23 23 24 26 27 28 29 (iii)ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1.4.9 Human-environment interaction 1.5 Capstone activity 1.6 Explore and practise ummary and reection 1.7 1.8 1.9 Test yourself Conclusion Learning unit 2: Key processes of the physical environment Introduction 2.1 2.2 Aim and learning outcomes Prescribed material 2.4 Finding your way through the study material 2.3 30 31 32  33 34 35 35 36 36 37 2.4.1 Processes determining climate, weather and climate change 37 2.4.2 Processes shaping the earth’s landforms 2.4.3 Processes and connections in the earth’s spheres inuencing the distribution o lie on earth 2.5 Capstone activity Test yourself 2.6 2.7 Conclusion Learning unit 3: Patterns and trends of the global population Introduction 3.1 3.2 Aim and learning outcomes Prescribed material 3.3 3.4 3.4.1 Finding your way through the study material Population concentrations 3.4.2 Population density, structure and components of change 3.4.3 Demographic transition and population futures 3.4.4 Sources and destinations of modern population migration 3.4.5 Reasons for migration 3.4.6 Controlling migration 3.5 Capstone activity Test yourself 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 ummary and reection Conclusion References Learning unit 4: The global cultural mosaic Introduction 4.1 4.2 Aim and learning outcomes Prescribed material 4.4 Finding your way through the study material 4.3 39  43 45 46 48 48 49 49 49 50 51 52 53 53 54 55 56  58 59 60 60 61 61 61 4.4.1 The distribution pattern of languages and multilingual states 61 4.4.2 The origin and dominance or fall of languages 62 4.4.3 The spatial distribution pattern of religions 4.4.4 The geography and diffusion of religions Ethnic religions and the landscape 4.4.5 (iv) 63 64 65Acknowledgement 4.4.6 A world of states and state space 4.4.7 Boundaries and internal state organisation 4.4.8 onict and terrorism 4.5 Capstone activity 4.6 4.7 4.8 Test yourself Conclusion References Learning unit 5: Making (and earning) a living Introd...

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