Crash Course Office Hours: Geography

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Welcome to Crash Course Office Hours! Alizé Carrère and April Luginbuhl Mather answer your questions on human and physical geography, including how rocks form, how melting glaciers impact water resources, and what even is geography?

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00:00 Introduction
01:48 What is geography?
02:43 Place, space, and location
04:28 Site, situation and scale
09:00 How do different types of rock form?
11:35 Reducing the impacts of earthquakes and volcanoes
13:37 How is a meander formed?
16:34 Origin and formation of fjords
18:52 How can mountain ecosystems be restore from the impact of development and tourism?
22:14 Impact of melting Himalayan glaciers on water resources
26:23 What is posthumanism?
31:30 Who are significant geographers?
34:05 Different types of boundaries
37:36 What are the markers of development?
40:26 What is in a geography course?
45:30 Tips for studying geography
48:35 Why do we personally find geography interesting?
50:18 How to talk to students about the politics of maps
52:29 Displacement of people due to war, natural disasters, and changing coastlines
55:18 How do metamorphic rocks form?
56:15 Careers for people who study geography
59:35 Outro

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16 Comments

  1. This was really interesting – thank you for taking the time for office hours! What a great way to give people a chance to interact with the material and seek clarifications.

  2. Hello. I am preparing for the European Geography Olympiad. what advice would you give? that is, what books do I read, what tests can I use? please answer.

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