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! the science of location
! an integrated science that uses
knowledge from many disciplines
! the study of spatial relationships,
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 peography and the New
plobal Order
! The New plobal Order
! The Concept of Region
! peographic prowth
! Basics of peography
! Natural Environments of the World
! People & World Cultures
! World Economic & Political peography
! Urban and Rural Landscapes
 New plobal 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
 New plobal 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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 plobalization
! Much of the world¶s economic activity is now
transnational in scope

! accelerating economic, cultural and political

interdependenceies across national borders

! plobalization underscores virtually all

contemporary geographies
 peography and the New
plobal Order
! The New plobal Order
! The Concept of Region
! peographic prowth
! Basics of peography
! Natural Environments of the World
! People & World Cultures
! World Economic & Political peography
! Urban and Rural Landscapes
THE CONCEPT OF REp ON
! 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
THE CONCEPT OF REp ON
! Regions may be
± economic
± environmental
± historical
± cultural

other ideas?
THE CONCEPT OF REp ON
! Formal Regions - clear definitive regions
± ie.city administrative region
! Functional Regions - regions that
facilitate interaction between regions
± positive linkages & conflicts
± ie. ethnic regions
 peography and the New
plobal Order
! The New plobal Order
! The Concept of Region
! peographic prowth
! Basics of peography
! Natural Environments of the World
! People & World Cultures
! World Economic & Political peography
! Urban and Rural Landscapes
 pEOpRAPH C pROWTH &
CHRONOLOp

! Age of World solation (to 1500AD)
geographic advances lead by preeks, 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 peographies

! Age of information (computerization)

± information manipulation & integration
 peography and the New
plobal Order
! The New plobal Order
! The Concept of Region
! peographic prowth
! Basics of peography
! Natural Environments of the World
! People & World Cultures
! World Economic & Political peography
! Urban and Rural Landscapes
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 pEOpRAPH
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! Location
± where something is
! Exact Location
± latitude & longitude coordinate system
! Relative Location
± where something is relative to another
location
! Place Names
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 pEOpRAPH C pR D
! Equator - A circle that divides the
globe into two equal halves or
hemispheres of north and south.
Located at 0 ° latitude
 pEOpRAPH C pR D
! North and South Poles - located at right
angles or 90° from the plane of
the equator. Ö
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