Quiz

• 1) What is an example of a living resource?

• 2) How does recycling help conserve

nonrenewable resources?

• 3) What is an example of a fossil fuel?

• 4) What is a example of a natural resource?

• 5) What is an example of a renewable

resource?
Land Use
Chapter 5
Section 2
Land Use and Culture
• Environments- natural surroundings
– Places on the same latitude line use
the land differently based on culture.
Ex. Georgia/Japan

• Culture & Landscapes

– culture can also shape environment
– Ex. terrace farming
– Developed vs. developing
– ex. irrigation
 Land Use and
Economic Activity
• Three stages of economic activities
– Geographers use stages of economic
activity as a way to understand land
use

– First-level activities
– Second-level activities
– Third-level activities
• First- level activities
– People use the land and resources
directly
– People interact directly with the land
– Most of the world’s land is used for
first level activities
– Ex. Hunting
– Logging
– Fishing
– Farming
– Developed nations use only a small
percentage of the land for first level
• Second-level activities
– Manufacturing- large scale
production of goods by hand or
machine
– Second-level people process product
from first-level activities
– Ex. Turning trees into paper or lumber
– Ex. Crude oil into fuel
– Manufacturing, especially in urban
areas is an important land use in
developed nations
• Third- level activities
– The delivery of the products made
from second-level activities
– Ex. Lumber delivered to Lowes
– Ex. Fuel delivered to a gas station
– This level does not produce a product
– This level works directly with the
consumers or businesses
– Services are clustered in urban areas
especially in developed countries
 Changes in Land Use
• Colonization- a movement of new
settlers and their culture to a country
– People change the land to fit their
cultural practices
– People also find new ways to earn a
living based on the land in their new
country
– Ex. Crop and livestock farming did not
exist in Australia until Europeans
arrived
• Industrialization and Sprawl
– Industrialization- machine powered
production
– Started in the 1800’s- know as the
Industrial Revolution
– Lead to the formation of cities
– 1900’s suburbs grew out of cities.
Aided by the invention and easy
access to cars and highways
– Sprawl- The spread of cities and
suburbs