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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