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'''Movement'''
>> see [[Time]]
>> see [[Time]]
[category: Social Studies Concepts]
[category: Social Studies Concepts]


Movement & Geography
Concept: Movement & Geography


'''Movement'''


== Time, Distance, Communication & Movement ==
== Time, Distance, Communication & Movement ==
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* mechanized propulsion
* mechanized propulsion


=== Animal 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


== Boats ==
== Movement by water ==
See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat#History Boat History (wiki)]
See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat#History Boat History (wiki)]


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* Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc.  
* Egypt << see Egypt outline for boats, ropes, etc.  


=== History of human movement ===
== History of human movement ==
* migration & land bridges
* migration & land bridges
* development of boats
* development of boats
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=== Navigation ===
== 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 ===
 
== 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 norht and south.  
** 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 & 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 revoluation
* modern communications revolution
* speed of correspondences measured by distance (letter-writing)
* speed of correspondences measured by distance (letter-writing)
* telegraph revolutionizes abiltity to send messagaes over distance instaneously
* 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