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خمسة مواضيعالجغرافيا
Absolute location allows us to pinpoint the exact location of any point on the surface of the earth using latitude and longitude or a grid system
موقع
Relative location refers to the way a place is perceived and how that place relates to other places. Can be measured in terms of time--
“twenty minutes away” Important for decision-making.
Alaska is closer to Russia than it is to the “lower 48,” but that is not how we perceive it.
English descriptive notation (absolute location)
Decisions about where to moveare based on relative location.
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Our perceptions are based on relative location.
A college student deciding where to live in the coming year
Deciding where to locate a new grocery store
Deciding where to locate an automobile manufacturing plant
Deciding where to place a new elementary school
Physical characteristics of place: Topography تضاريس
مكان
Physical characteristics of place: Climate مناخ
Physical characteristics of place: Vegetation الحياة النباتية
Human characteristics of place:
Agriculture زراعة
Human characteristics of place: Architecture لهندسة المعماريةا
Human characteristics of place: Religion دين
Human characteristics of place:
Economics علم االقتصاد
livelihoods Levels of development
The region is the basic unit of geographic study Criteria for defining regions depends on the geographer’s
purpose. One place can be part of several different regions.
Texas, US, and World culture regions
منطقة
Formal regions are based on some common feature.
The Corn Belt
Political entities
Where Islam dominates
Functional regions (also called nodal regions) are created by movement.
Austin metropolitan area
Eanes attendance areaAmazon River Basin
Perceptual regions exist in people’s minds.
Humans adapt to their physical environment.
clothing stylesBuilding materials
التفاعلبين اإلنسان والبيئة
Humans modify their environment.
Terracing for rice farming
Open-pit mine
Human interaction with the environment can have important consequences.
Physical processes, people, goods, and ideas move across the earth’s surface.
The geographer is concerned with the effects of this movement.
حركة
They give us a “geographic lens” through which to view the world.
Every unit of study this year will focus in some way on these themes.