An introduction to geographic perspectives on human political economic social and cultural activities (such as trade economic development empire colonialism and nation building agriculture pollution urbanization population dynamics). Emphasis is on spatiality (including concepts of location scale globalization maps migration and diffusion) place making and regions (including concepts of the cultural landscape place meaning race class and gender identities and territoriality) and nature/society relations (including concepts of environmental adaptation and modification climate change and sustainability). Fulfills Gen Ed Intellectual Inquiry