Geog111, Thinking about thinking We’re going to use several exercises to think about how we know the “world” with its many meanings. Connect the 9 dots with four continuous straight lines. What are the spatial units? The answer is on the web.web

Geog111, Thinking about thinking A hunter tracks a bear. She follows the bear 1 km south, 1km east, and 1 km north. She discovers that she has returned to her starting position. Hint: what color is the bear? Commonly drawn white bear (polar bear) at the North Pole

Geog111, Thinking about thinking What do you see? Be very systematic. List everything you see – you don’t know what evidence is important yet! Muslims are praying in New York City facing in the most direct direction towards Mecca.

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dialectics of ideas; dialectics of space yin-yang symbol White and black spaces appear within their respective spaces in empirically impossible ways! donut Donuts are defined by the absence of dough in their very centers.

Geog111, Thinking about thinking Magic or science? White light becomes the colors of the rainbow! Both, depending on your knowledge and believes.

Geog111, Thinking about thinking Are the islands connected to each other by land, for example, as we fly over the Caribbean Sea? These diagrams are the only evidence you have. water The islands are not connected; most of you drew a cross section! The islands are both not connected and connected to each, depending on whether you use an aerial or cross-section perspective. What kinds of jobs require the appropriate perspective? What does the red line represent? water