Title: C.J. Cox
1World Regional Geography
Week 2
2GEOGRAPHY
- Geo earth
- graphy to scribe, draw, or map
3- the science of location
- an integrated science that uses
knowledge from many disciplines - the study of spatial relationships,
(context interconnectedness)
4Arctic Ocean
Europe
Asia
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Indian Ocean
South America
Pacific Ocean
Australia
Antarctica
5Geography and the New Global Order
- The New Global Order
- The Concept of Region
- Geographic Growth
- Basics of Geography
- Natural Environments of the World
- People World Cultures
- World Economic Political Geography
- Urban and Rural Landscapes
6New Global Order
- Old Classifications
- First World
- US, Europe, Australia
- free market economies
- Second World
- Eastern Europe
- planned and controlled economies
- Third World
- Africa, South America,
- underdeveloped poor economies
7New Global Order
- New Classifications
- Developed Regions
- US, Europe, Australia
- countries with diversification of economies
- service technologically based countries
- Developing Regions
- Africa, South Asia, Middle South America
- countries based primarily on agriculture and
basic manufacturing industries
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9Rice Farming in Vietnam
10Mazirotti Plant in Italy
11Rich Poor
12Globalization
- Much of the worlds economic activity is now
transnational in scope - accelerating economic, cultural and political
interdependenceies across national borders - Globalization underscores virtually all
contemporary geographies
13Geography and the New Global Order
- The New Global Order
- The Concept of Region
- Geographic Growth
- Basics of Geography
- Natural Environments of the World
- People World Cultures
- World Economic Political Geography
- Urban and Rural Landscapes
14Regions - units of geographic study
15THE CONCEPT OF REGION
- Worlds within worlds
- Areas with unifying characteristics
- Regions may be large or small
- continental or local
- ie. World regions, countries, local regions
- Subregions
- regions within regions
16THE CONCEPT OF REGION
- Regions may be
- economic
- environmental
- historical
- cultural
- other ideas?
17THE CONCEPT OF REGION
- Formal Regions - clear definitive regions
- ie.city administrative region
- Functional Regions - regions that facilitate
interaction between regions - positive linkages conflicts
- ie. ethnic regions
18Geography and the New Global Order
- The New Global Order
- The Concept of Region
- Geographic Growth
- Basics of Geography
- Natural Environments of the World
- People World Cultures
- World Economic Political Geography
- Urban and Rural Landscapes
19GEOGRAPHIC GROWTH CHRONOLOGY
- Age of World Isolation (to 1500AD) geographic
advances lead by Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Arabs - Age of Discovery (1500-1650)
- Age of Exploration (1650-1900)
- Age of Specialization in geographic
research(1900-) - beginnings of Physical, Cultural, Economic
Geographies - Age of information (computerization)
- information manipulation integration
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22Geography and the New Global Order
- The New Global Order
- The Concept of Region
- Geographic Growth
- Basics of Geography
- Natural Environments of the World
- People World Cultures
- World Economic Political Geography
- Urban and Rural Landscapes
23GEOGRAPHY BASICS
- Location
- Maps Globes
- Distribution
- Diffusion
24GEOGRAPHY BASICS
- Location
- where something is
- Exact Location
- latitude longitude coordinate system
- Relative Location
- where something is relative to another location
- Place Names
25 Geographic Grid
Longitude
Latitude
26GEOGRAPHIC GRID
- Equator - A circle that divides the globe into
two equal halves or hemispheres of north and
south. Located at 0 latitude
27GEOGRAPHIC GRID
- North and South Poles - located at right angles
or 90 from the plane of the equator.
90
0
28Latitude is the angular measurement North or
South of the Equator
29Parallels are circular lines used to indicate
latitude
30LONGITUDE - the angular measurement East or West
of England
31Meridians are arcs used to
indicate longitude
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33Prime Meridian The meridian, designated as 0
E, W longitude, that passes through the Royal
Observatory at Greenwich, England.
34International Date Line An arc that follows
180 longitude E,W. When crossing the date
line, the calendar is turned forward or backward
one day, depending on direction of travel.
35Latitude is angular measurement North South
of the equator
Longitude is angular measurement East
West of England
36Geographic Grid
37World Regional Geography
38WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY A New World Order
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