● Study of Human Population ● Spheres/Zones (Demography) ○ Atmosphere ○ Where do people live? ○ Hydrosphere (population distribution) ○ Lithosphere ■ Evenly/Unevenly ○ Ecosphere distributed? ○ Biosphere ○ How do people live? (living ● Weather & Climate standards) ○ Weather: right now/short ○ Real-Life Application: term census, schools ○ Climate: trends/long term ● Cultural Geography ○ Real-Life Application: ○ Language climate change ○ Traditions ● Tectonics ○ Religion ○ Earthquakes ○ Music/Art/Food ○ Mountains/Volcanoes ○ Why do people function as ○ Real-Life Applications: they do in the areas in seismic mitigations, which they live? earthquake-proof ○ Real-Life Applications: structures survey, minorities vs. ● Natural Resources majorities ○ Lumber, coal, natural gas, ● Political Geography etc. ○ The relationship between ○ Real-Life Applications: politics and physical areas overconsumption of ● Economic Geography natural resources, ○ How do people make a sustainability, renewable living? resources ○ Cost of living ● Seasons ○ Wages ○ Real-Life Application: ○ Interests in the area agriculture ○ Real-Life Applications: GDP, survey, employment rates, job availabilities ● Traffic Patterns ○ How do people move/travel? ○ Real-Life Applications: surveys, traffic cameras, Anoop Randhawa