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'''Movement''' | |||
>> see [[Time]] | >> see [[Time]] | ||
[category: Social Studies Concepts] | [category: Social Studies Concepts] | ||
Movement & Geography | Concept: Movement & Geography | ||
== Time, Distance, Communication & Movement == | == Time, Distance, Communication & Movement == | ||
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* mechanized propulsion | * mechanized propulsion | ||
== Animal Propulsion == | |||
** horses | ** horses | ||
*** prior to domestication horses were hunted for food | *** prior to domestication horses were hunted for food | ||
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*** camels to Nile and Sahara/ Sub-Sahara Africa | *** camels to Nile and Sahara/ Sub-Sahara Africa | ||
== | == Movement by water == | ||
See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat#History Boat History (wiki)] | * Buoyancy / floating | ||
** see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy Buoyancy (wiki)] | |||
* History of boats: | |||
** See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat#History Boat History (wiki)] | |||
=== Human-Powered Boats === | === Human-Powered Boats === | ||
* poles for propulsion | * poles for propulsion | ||
* rafts | |||
* oars & paddles | * oars & paddles | ||
** canoes | ** canoes | ||
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* wind propulsion | * wind propulsion | ||
* Polynesian catamarans | * Polynesian catamarans | ||
* Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc. | * Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc. | ||
== History of human movement == | |||
* migration & land bridges | * migration & land bridges | ||
* development of boats | * development of boats | ||
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== Navigation == | |||
* Polynesian navigation | * Polynesian navigation | ||
** See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation Polynesian Navigation (wiki)] | ** See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation Polynesian Navigation (wiki)] | ||
== Mechanized Transportation == | |||
* revolution in distance and time | * revolution in distance and time | ||
* cultural diffusion accelerated | * cultural diffusion accelerated | ||
* steamboats | * 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 | ** 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 north and south. | ||
*** see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Mississippi Steamboats of the Mississippi]] | *** see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Mississippi Steamboats of the Mississippi]] | ||
* railroads caused need for time zones | * railroads caused need for time zones | ||
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* airplanes | * airplanes | ||
== Communication & Time, Space & Distance == | |||
** communication across distance was a function of movement | ** communication across distance was a function of movement | ||
** writing revolutionizes time by bringing distances together through communication across distance | ** 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) | ** with new forms of transportation, communication was speeded over time (horse, boat, sail, railroad, airplane, etc) | ||
* modern communications | * modern communications revolution | ||
* speed of correspondences measured by distance (letter-writing) | * speed of correspondences measured by distance (letter-writing) | ||
* telegraph revolutionizes | * telegraph revolutionizes ability to send messages over distance instantaneously | ||
** trans-Atlantic cable | ** trans-Atlantic cable | ||
*** origins of the Associated Press | *** origins of the Associated Press | ||