Crash Course Geography

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  • Estreia: Nov 2020
  • Episódios: 50
  • Seguidores: 3
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  • Segunda-Feira às 15
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What is Geography?
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Nov 30, 2020
So, what is geography? In our first episode of Crash Course Geography, we will endeavor to answer this seemingly simple question with the help of a similarly simple factoid: that the US .. show full overview
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What is a Map?
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Dez 14, 2020
From navigating a cross-country road trip (or just finding the nearest coffee shop), to analyzing election results (or the latest meme on K-pop group popularity), maps play a huge role .. show full overview
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What is space and how do we study it?
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Dez 22, 2020
Today we're going to talk about SPAAAAAACE, but not like stars and satellites and stuff. Instead, we're going to talk about geographic space. In geography, we can look at the world and .. show full overview
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What is Physical Geography?
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Jan 12, 2021
Traditionally, geography is studied as two interconnected parts: physical geography and human geography. For the first half of this series, we will be focusing on physical geography, .. show full overview
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How Does the Earth Move?
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Jan 25, 2021
Today, we're going to talk about how the Earth moves, but to do that, we're going to have to go way back to the early days of the galaxy! Processes that happened before the Earth even .. show full overview
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What Does the Atmosphere Do?
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Fev 01, 2021
Much like a cell membrane, our atmosphere forms a protective boundary between outer space and the biosphere that allows for all life to exist on Earth’s surface. Today, we’re going to .. show full overview
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How Does Air Temperature Shape a Place?
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Fev 09, 2021
Today, we’re going to visit Siberia and take a closer look at how temperatures there (and around the globe) impact the way cultures, communities, and landscapes form. Air temperature .. show full overview
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Where Does Wind Come From?
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Fev 23, 2021
There's an invisible force shaping our lives, affecting the weather, climate, land, economy, and just whether a flag looks majestic or not - we're talking about the wind! Today we’re .. show full overview
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How Do Oceans Circulate?
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Mar 01, 2021
Today, we're going to take a closer look at how the oceans circulate by following the life of a discarded water bottle as it gets snagged in the North Pacific Garbage Patch. We'll talk .. show full overview
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What is a Cloud?
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Mar 08, 2021
In addition to just being beautiful one-of-a-kind panoramas in the sky, clouds can tell us so much about how energy and weather patterns flow around the globe. Today, we'll talk about .. show full overview
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How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use
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Mar 23, 2021
If you compare precipitation around the world with population distribution we can understand a simple but powerful pattern of human geography: where there is water, there are people. But .. show full overview
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What Are the Different Types of Cyclones?
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Abr 05, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about two types of cyclones: mid-latitude cyclones and tropical cyclones. Mid-latitude cyclones are huge weather systems that bring day-to-day weather in the .. show full overview
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How do we Classify Climates?
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Abr 19, 2021
From gnocchi and salchipapas to potato chips and french fries, it seems like every cuisine around the world has embraced the potato! And this humble tuber did not originate in Ireland or .. show full overview
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What is Climate Change?
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Mai 03, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about climate change which is when there is a change in the average weather patterns in a region over a long period of time - these changes can be natural or .. show full overview
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What Are Ecosystems?
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Mai 18, 2021
Today we're going to take a closer look at ecosystems -- which are communities of living organisms in an area interacting with their environment -- and how this relationship between the .. show full overview
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Population & Food
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Jun 01, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about the link between population and food energy. As the world's population keeps growing, finding ways to provide enough food and water for everyone while .. show full overview
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What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?
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Jun 15, 2021
Soil brings together all four spheres of physical geography, and understanding soil composition is kind of like baking! So in today's episode, we're going to show you how to create the .. show full overview
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What Are Rocks and How Do They Form?
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Jun 28, 2021
From towering mountains to pebbles along a river, the Earth is made of a huge variety of rocks. In today's episode, we're going to follow the rock cycle of a piece of granite in the .. show full overview
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The Plate Tectonics Revolution
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Jul 12, 2021
Today we're going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth's broken outer .. show full overview
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How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms?
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Jul 19, 2021
Cliffs and canyons, beaches and dunes, floodplains and river valleys, plateaus and mountains — these are all products of a restless Earth. In today’s episode we’re going to take a closer .. show full overview
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What Are Volcanoes?
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Jul 26, 2021
Today we’re going to take a closer look at these beautiful but dangerous landforms as we explore the different types of volcanoes and trace the patterns of volcanic activity around the .. show full overview
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What is Weathering?
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Ago 02, 2021
Weathering breaks down rocks and creates sediments which become the raw materials for other rocks and the formation of our soils. And we call the process of moving that sediment erosion. .. show full overview
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How Rivers Shape the Landscape
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Ago 10, 2021
Today we're going to talk about rivers and how these dynamic, delicate, yet powerful systems are able to constantly change the landscape. We'll focus on the Zambezi River in Southeast .. show full overview
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Why Does Jakarta Flood So Easily?
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Ago 23, 2021
Today we're going to talk about how and why floods happen both in spite of, and because of, us. Specifically, we'll take a closer look at the island of Java, and its largest city, .. show full overview
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Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Ago 30, 2021
The Arab-Israeli Conflict, which is the ongoing political tensions and military conflicts between Arab nations and Israel, is one of the longest and most complex disputes in the world. .. show full overview
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What Are Glaciers?
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Set 13, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about glaciers. These behemoth globs of compressed ice and snow moving across the land created fertile soils and physical features while also serving as frozen .. show full overview
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Natural Hazards
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Set 20, 2021
Today we wrap up the first half of our series on physical geography by taking a closer look at natural hazards - which are physical processes like heat waves and cyclones, earthquakes .. show full overview
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What is Human Geography?
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Set 27, 2021
For the next half of this series, we will be discussing Human Geography — so we’ll still be looking at the Earth, but specifically, how human activity affects and is influenced by the .. show full overview
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Race, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Landscape
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Out 04, 2021
Sometimes culture can seem invisible like when we're surrounded by signals that tell us we're with others who are like us, but if we live or travel somewhere where the traits that define .. show full overview
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How Does Language Move?
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Out 20, 2021
While we can’t explore every cultural trait in the world, language is an important system of spoken, signed, or written symbols humans use to express themselves. It’s a major marker of .. show full overview
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How Did Religion Spread Along the Silk Road?
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Out 25, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about the collection of routes known as the Silk Roads, and explore how worldview and other ideas spread along those trade routes. The Silk Roads are .. show full overview
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Where and Why Do People Move?
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Nov 01, 2021
People have been migrating and transplanting since before recorded history, and understanding the reasons why people migrate can help explain some of the cultural, economic, and .. show full overview
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How Populations Grow and Change
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Nov 08, 2021
Is the world overpopulated or underpopulated? While we worry about there being too many people for the planet to support, we can also worry about how fewer people in a given place may .. show full overview
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How Does Disease Move?
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Nov 15, 2021
From outbreaks of measles in the United States and cholera in Haiti to patterns of lead poisoning near gold mines in Nigeria, medical geographers play an important role in tracking .. show full overview
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Tyranny of the Map
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Nov 22, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about borders. Borders can bring people together, evoke passion and war, divide, conquer, and solidify power. We’re going to focus on the tyranny of the map .. show full overview
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What Holds a Country Together or Tears it Apart?
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Dez 06, 2021
Today we’re going to talk about the forces that affect a country’s stability. We’ll take a closer look at Costa Rica, Venezuela, Cuba, and Brazil and examine how the cohesiveness of .. show full overview
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What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts?
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Dez 13, 2021
Today, we’re going to take a closer look at borders and the stories they tell. When we look at a map, the shapes we’re seeing can seem so permanent, but a map is just a snapshot of the .. show full overview
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Capitalism, Communism, & Political Economies
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Dez 20, 2021
Just like many great duos throughout history, Bulgaria and Germany have a fascinating (though uneven) relationship. In today’s episode, we’re going to take a closer look at the impact of .. show full overview
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Colonialism
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Jan 24, 2022
Empire, imperialism, and colonialism are all interrelated tactics of geopolitics that are used to achieve similar goals of one state maintaining economic, political, or even cultural .. show full overview
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What is a “Developed” Country?
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Jan 31, 2022
Today we’re going to discuss what it means for a place to be “developed”. Development is often associated with economic success — that is countries with higher standards of living and .. show full overview
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GMOs and their Role in Agriculture
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Fev 07, 2022
On November 26, 2020, trade unions in India reported that over 250 MILLION people took part in a strike. What could prompt such massive protest? Farming. Today, we’re going to take a .. show full overview
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Why is There Uneven Access to Food?
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Fev 15, 2022
Food insecurity, or the lack of access to enough nutritious food, is a complex problem. In the 21st century, even with all of our advances in technology, access to food is still uneven. .. show full overview
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How Do We Produce Food?
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Fev 21, 2022
Over the millennia, every region on Earth has developed its own successful agricultural ecosystem from flat fields of grain and mountainside rice terraces to coastal fish farms and goat .. show full overview
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Mineral Extraction
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Fev 28, 2022
Today we're going to take a look at mineral extraction -- or the removal of rocks and minerals from the Earths' crust -- and examine how this human activity impacts all aspects of .. show full overview
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Why are People Moving to Cities?
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Mar 07, 2022
According to the UN, people living in urban places now outnumber those in rural areas — which is a pretty new phenomenon for many parts of the world. So today, we’re going to discuss .. show full overview
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How Are Cities Organized?
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Mar 14, 2022
Today we’re going to take a closer look at cities, examine how these large complex structures are organized, and identify patterns and differences in land use around the world. We'll .. show full overview
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What is Urban Planning?
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Mar 21, 2022
Today we’re going to talk about urban planning — which is the design and regulation of space within urban areas. Urban planning helps weave together economic, social, and environmental .. show full overview
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How did Detroit Become the Motor City?
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Mar 28, 2022
From shipping routes to airplane traffic to even the Internet, transportation planning is all about designing optimal transportation networks to move goods, information, and people .. show full overview
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Sustainable Urban Design
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Abr 04, 2022
From towering skyscrapers covered in trees to zero carbon smart cities, there are so many ways to imagine what a sustainable city of the future might look like. But what does it really .. show full overview
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Geographies of the Future
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Abr 12, 2022
In our final episode of Crash Course Geography we're going to take a look towards the future, and to do that we'll need to revisit our fundamental geography tools: space, place, and .. show full overview

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