The past week and a half we studied a unit in class on thinking geographically. In this small unit we went over region and place, mental mapping and site and situation. I'm using this blog to recap these topics. A region is broad area of land that has similar characteristics to other parts of itself. A place is a small area inside a region that has consistent characteristics throughout. Mental mapping is used to describe how people classify places based on past experiences. An example of this is that New York is cold in the winter because you vacationed to a state bordering New York during the winter. Finally site is a specific places characteristics. A places situation is what could be some of its characteristics relative to other familiar places. These topics link together to help geographers classify how every place is unique.
Toady in class instead of reviewing the test we read and took notes on the next three sections. The first section was on the Rise of Christianity and talked about how Jesus' teachings spread. The most important reason they spread was because his teachings brought salvation to all. Christianity was a vision that a Roman emperor had before he went into battle. They won the battle and he made it so Christians would no longer be persecuted.
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