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WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY? - Contenido educativo
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The next few minutes, we're going to talk about everything in the world.
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That's because we're talking about...wait for it...
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Geography!
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Geography is what we call the study of the world.
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Though, in ancient Greece 2,000 years ago, they just started calling it Geographia,
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which means the same thing but is much easier to say.
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So we borrow the word from those first Greek world lovers.
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They won't mind. They're dead now.
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To understand why they use this name, you have to either speak Greek or be smart.
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Or both.
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Let's break this word apart and see what we can learn.
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This first part is Geo.
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In Greek, Geo is a root word that refers to the world or the Earth.
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That's easy enough, right?
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The other half is just a tad trickier.
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The suffix word graphi is a more modern English twist on the original Greek and Latin graphia.
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And it kind of sounds like a word we use in English today.
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Graph.
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A graph is something we use to help describe or...
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No, not giraffe. I said graph.
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Someone get that giraffe out of here!
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A graph is something we use to help describe or show an idea or information.
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A graph can be pictures or data on a table or a chart.
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Graphi means writing about something.
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Describing something, showing something, or demonstrating something.
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Today, we use a dump load of words that use the suffix graphi.
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Photography, for instance.
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Photo.
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Graphi.
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It includes the Greek word photo, which means light, followed by graphi.
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So your photographs are like light graphs.
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Pictures of light, I guess.
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What else is there?
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There's choreography.
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Cinematography.
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Oceanography.
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Biography.
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Calligraphy.
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Cartography.
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Anyway, you get the point.
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I bet you could take any of these words and chop them in two.
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Then you could look up the Greek translation and figure out what the Greeks meant when they were handing out names.
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Based on these definitions, this means geography is a science that seeks to help describe or show the world.
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Geography has so many different elements, and it can be difficult to keep them all straight.
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In general, however, it's safe to put most of the elements of geography into one of two distinct categories.
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Physical geography and human geography.
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Or, if we want to keep with our fancy Greek theme, we can say physiography and anthropogeography.
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Actually, on second thought, those are pretty tough words.
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Let's just stick with physical and human geography.
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First, let's talk about physical geography.
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Unsurprisingly, physical geography deals with the physical aspects of the earth.
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You know, things like rivers, lakes, hills, and valleys.
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Everything from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam.
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God bless physical geography.
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It describes our home, sweet home.
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There are several different subcategories of physical geography.
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Some of the more well-known parts include hydrology, which is the study of water in our earth cycle,
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or climatology, which is the study of the earth's climate.
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We'll look more closely at some of these elements of physical geography in the future.
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For now, just assume that if it's part of physical earth,
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then there's probably a Greek word that describes the study of that thing.
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Human geography, on the other hand, focuses primarily on studying societies,
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or groups of people, and relationships between people in those groups.
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Essentially, it's anything that has to do with people who live on this planet.
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People, not giraffes.
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It includes the study of different human cultures,
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the study of the economy, history, political science, and more.
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If it has to do with describing humans who live on the earth, where they live,
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or how they interact with each other, then it's likely part of human geography.
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Now, if you really want to understand this world,
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you have to look at both physical and human geography.
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All of human history has literally involved human beings, like us, being on this planet,
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except for like 500 astronauts.
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Everything that we do is tied in some way to the natural world we're living in.
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Governments are based on political control over sections of the land.
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Economies are based on natural resources available in particular areas.
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Populations grow in areas with access to certain nice features,
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like water and fertile soil to grow food, and animals who are less likely to eat you.
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Like my hippie grandma always says, we're all connected, man.
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Because of this, many geographies use a term
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that looks at both physical and human geography at the same time.
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They call it integrated geography.
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Integrated geography always considers the relationship
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between the planet and the humans who live on it.
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It shows how our physical planet has a strong influence on humans,
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and at the same time, how we humans have a strong influence on our physical planet.
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Don't forget, we're all connected, man.
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You might not realize it yet, but it's super important to study and understand geography.
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Understanding different parts of geography gives us something called global awareness.
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Global awareness is critical to the success of people and communities in the world we live in today.
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By studying geography, you're able to do useful things, like locate where places are on a map.
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By studying geography, you'll know how to identify
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the different people, places, countries, and cultures of the world.
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Then, when you hear about something that's happening in some faraway land,
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you won't feel stupid because you actually understand what's happening,
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and you can be connected to the world.
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By studying geography, we become more useful
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and better contribute to the progress of mankind and planet Earth.
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So join us on our journey of geography.
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I promise, you won't regret it.
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Thanks so much for watching. I'm Jenny from Engage Global Storytelling.
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Keep coming back each week to see what else we have in store for you to help you learn about geography.
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- Subido por:
- Alicia M.
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- 5 de marzo de 2023 - 17:45
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