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Movement & Geography
Movement & Geography
'''Movement'''


== Time, Distance, Communication & Movement ==
== Time, Distance, Communication & Movement ==
* time measure by distance
* time measured by distance
* defined by geography & distances
* distance defined by geography
** barriers to movement
** facilitators to movement
** see Roman map
* technological advance is to overcome barriers to movement of geography and distance  
* technological advance is to overcome barriers to movement of geography and distance  
* See also:
** [[Geography]]
** [[Social Studies Skills]]


=== Forms of Human Movement===
== Forms of Human Movement==
* walking / running
* land
** Greece: marathona
** walking / running
** Inca runners served to communicate across empire
*** Greece: marathona
*** Inca runners served to communicate across empire
** animal propulsion
*** domestication of animals for transport
* water
* water
** currents
** rivers
*** rivers = highway and a moat
** coastal travel
** transoceanic travel
* currents
*** easiest movement by boats designed to flow with the current
*** ex. Babylonian inflatable boats made of animal skin/ guts used to float down Euphrates River
** paddle/ oars
** paddle/ oars
** sail
*** liquid
* animal propulsion
* wind & sail
** domestication of animals for transport
* mechanized propulsion
* mechanized propulsion


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*** camels to Arabia
*** camels to Arabia
*** camels to Nile and Sahara/ Sub-Sahara Africa
*** camels to Nile and Sahara/ Sub-Sahara Africa
== Boats ==
See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat#History Boat History (wiki)]


=== Human-Powered Boats ===
=== Human-Powered Boats ===
* easiest movement by boats designed to flow with the current
* poles for propulsion
** Babylonian inflatable boats made of animal skin/ guts
* oars & paddles
* oars, paddles, etc.
** canoes
** review various forms
*** dugout canoes
* Polynesian canoes and catamarans
*** bark canoes
*** kayaks
** large canoes & catamarans
** catamaran designed for stability
* sail & wind-powered propulsion
** square sail
** lateen sail
* mechanized propulsion


=== Sail ===
=== Sail ===
[[File:Priests traveling across kealakekua bay for first contact rituals.jpg||right|thumb|400px|Priests traveling across kealakekua bay for first contact rituals (wiki)]]
* wind propulsion
* wind propulsion
* Egypt
* Polynesian catamarans
* Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc.
 
=== History of human movement ===
* migration & land bridges
* development of boats
** implied evidence of early use of boats:
*** settlement of Crete c. 130,000 BC
*** settlement of Australia, c. 40,000 BC
* >> to do
 
 
=== Navigation ===
* Polynesian navigation
** See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation Polynesian Navigation (wiki)]
=== Mechanized Transportation ===
=== Mechanized Transportation ===
* revolution in distance and time
* revolution in distance and time
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* trucks
* trucks
* airplanes
* airplanes
=== Communication & Time, Space & Distance ===
=== Communication & Time, Space & Distance ===
** communication across distance was a function of movement
** communication across distance was a function of movement

Revision as of 14:36, 3 March 2021

>> see Time [category: Social Studies Concepts]

Movement & Geography

Movement

Time, Distance, Communication & Movement[edit | edit source]

  • time measured by distance
  • distance defined by geography
    • barriers to movement
    • facilitators to movement
    • see Roman map
  • technological advance is to overcome barriers to movement of geography and distance
  • See also:

Forms of Human Movement[edit | edit source]

  • land
    • walking / running
      • Greece: marathona
      • Inca runners served to communicate across empire
    • animal propulsion
      • domestication of animals for transport
  • water
    • rivers
      • rivers = highway and a moat
    • coastal travel
    • transoceanic travel
  • currents
      • easiest movement by boats designed to flow with the current
      • ex. Babylonian inflatable boats made of animal skin/ guts used to float down Euphrates River
    • paddle/ oars
      • liquid
  • wind & sail
  • mechanized propulsion

Animal Propulsion[edit | edit source]

    • horses
      • prior to domestication horses were hunted for food
    • cattle
    • camels
      • ability to cross large distances with heavy loads (25-30 miles / day)
      • ability to survive distances without water
        • related to metabolism and not the "hump" which is made of fat and provides energy (food) and not water
        • ability to withstand absence of water related to conserve water and to adjust its body temperature in order to avoid sweating
      • originally from the Americas: related to the Llama
      • sources:
      • migrated to Asia where they were domesticated in central Asia
      • camels to Arabia
      • camels to Nile and Sahara/ Sub-Sahara Africa

Boats[edit | edit source]

See: Boat History (wiki)

Human-Powered Boats[edit | edit source]

  • poles for propulsion
  • oars & paddles
    • canoes
      • dugout canoes
      • bark canoes
      • kayaks
    • large canoes & catamarans
    • catamaran designed for stability
  • sail & wind-powered propulsion
    • square sail
    • lateen sail
  • mechanized propulsion

Sail[edit | edit source]

Priests traveling across kealakekua bay for first contact rituals (wiki)
  • wind propulsion
  • Polynesian catamarans
  • Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc.

History of human movement[edit | edit source]

  • migration & land bridges
  • development of boats
    • implied evidence of early use of boats:
      • settlement of Crete c. 130,000 BC
      • settlement of Australia, c. 40,000 BC
  • >> to do


Navigation[edit | edit source]

Mechanized Transportation[edit | edit source]

  • revolution in distance and time
  • cultural diffusion accelerated
  • steamboats
    • prior to steam boats, the Mississippi River provided transportation in one direction only, downstream. With steam, boats could journy upstream, which allowed for trade to flow both norht and south.
  • railroads caused need for time zones
    • before the need to create regular schedules across great distances, time was measured locally by the position of the sun
    • with rapid movement by rail, the need for a comman, relative measurement of time became important in order to organize the rail system and its schedules: time zones were the solution, creating a single period of time across a large distance that could be calibrated against other time "zones"
  • local rail / trolleys
  • automobiles
  • trucks
  • airplanes

Communication & Time, Space & Distance[edit | edit source]

    • communication across distance was a function of movement
    • writing revolutionizes time by bringing distances together through communication across distance
    • with new forms of transportation, communication was speeded over time (horse, boat, sail, railroad, airplane, etc)
  • modern communications revoluation
  • speed of correspondences measured by distance (letter-writing)
  • telegraph revolutionizes abiltity to send messagaes over distance instaneously
    • trans-Atlantic cable
      • origins of the Associated Press
    • Morse Code
    • photographs transmitted by telegraph
  • telephone
    • transmission of voice over distance (still using wires)
  • radio
    • transmission of voice or code over distance without wires
  • television
    • transmission of moving or live images over distance without wires
  • facsimile machines
    • ability to send copies of documents over telephone lines
  • cellular phones
    • more practical than radio
  • internet