1. 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.

2. 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? Geog111, Thinking about thinking Commonly drawn white bear (polar bear) at the North Pole

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

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10. dialectics of ideas; dialectics of space Geog111, Thinking about thinking 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.

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

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