C.J. Cox Instructor

GEOGRAPHY Geo = earth graphy = to scribe, draw, or map

F the science of location F an integrated science that uses knowledge from many disciplines F the study of spatial relationships, (context &interconnectedness)

North America South America Asia Australia Africa Europe Antarctica Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean

Geography and the New Global Order F The New Global Order F The Concept of Region F Geographic Growth F Basics of Geography F Natural Environments of the World F People & World Cultures F World Economic & Political Geography F Urban and Rural Landscapes

New Global Order F Old Classifications –First World u US, Europe, Australia u free market economies –Second World u Eastern Europe u planned and controlled economies –Third World u Africa, South America,  underdeveloped poor economies

New Global Order F New Classifications –Developed Regions u US, Europe, Australia u countries with diversification of economies –service & technologically based countries –Developing Regions u Africa, South Asia, Middle & South America u countries based primarily on agriculture and basic manufacturing industries

Rice Farming in Vietnam

Mazirotti Plant in Italy

Rich & Poor

Globalization F Much of the world’s economic activity is now transnational in scope F accelerating economic, cultural and political interdependenceies across national borders F Globalization underscores virtually all contemporary geographies

Geography and the New Global Order F The New Global Order F The Concept of Region F Geographic Growth F Basics of Geography F Natural Environments of the World F People & World Cultures F World Economic & Political Geography F Urban and Rural Landscapes

THE CONCEPT OF REGION F Worlds within worlds F Areas with unifying characteristics F Regions may be large or small –continental or local –ie. World regions, countries, local regions F Subregions –regions within regions

THE CONCEPT OF REGION F Regions may be –economic –environmental –historical –cultural  other ideas?

THE CONCEPT OF REGION F Formal Regions - clear definitive regions –ie.city administrative region F Functional Regions - regions that facilitate interaction between regions –positive linkages & conflicts –ie. ethnic regions

Geography and the New Global Order F The New Global Order F The Concept of Region F Geographic Growth F Basics of Geography F Natural Environments of the World F People & World Cultures F World Economic & Political Geography F Urban and Rural Landscapes

GEOGRAPHIC GROWTH & CHRONOLOGY F Age of World Isolation (to 1500AD) geographic advances lead by Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Arabs F Age of Discovery ( ) F Age of Exploration ( ) F Age of Specialization in geographic research(1900-) –beginnings of Physical, Cultural, Economic Geographies F Age of information (computerization) –information manipulation & integration

Geography and the New Global Order F The New Global Order F The Concept of Region F Geographic Growth F Basics of Geography F Natural Environments of the World F People & World Cultures F World Economic & Political Geography F Urban and Rural Landscapes

GEOGRAPHY BASICS F Location F Maps & Globes F Distribution F Diffusion

GEOGRAPHY BASICS F Location –where something is F Exact Location –latitude & longitude coordinate system F Relative Location –where something is relative to another location F Place Names

Latitude

GEOGRAPHIC GRID F Equator - A circle that divides the globe into two equal halves or hemispheres of north and south. Located at 0 ° latitude

GEOGRAPHIC GRID F North and South Poles - located at right angles or 90° from the plane of the equator. 90 0

Parallels are circular lines used to indicate latitude

Meridians are arcs used to indicate longitude

Prime Meridian: The meridian, designated as 0° E, W longitude, that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.

International 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.

C.J. Cox Instructor

WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY A New World Order