Geography
Geographical Space
Branches of the GS
Geography components
100
What is geography?

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

100

What is a geographical space?

The geographical space it is the space where nature and the social and cultural elements of a given society coexist.

100

Name 2 of the 5 geographic space components?

Natural, social, political, economic, cultural

100

Say 3 human components of a city in Morelos

Society, communities, people

200

The purpose of geography is...

Geography helps us to explore and understand space and place - recognizing the great differences in cultures, political systems, economies, landscapes and environments across the world, and exploring the links between them.

200

A city is a geographical space? Why?

Yes, it has all the elements to consider it a geographical space.

200

Describe 2 of the 5 components

Natural components: They are those constituted by the natural characteristics of a site without the human hand having intervened. Examples of natural components are valleys, mountains, deserts, lakes, seas, rivers, etc.

Social components: It is everything built by the human being that corresponds to the various activities carried out in a geographical space. These components can be religious monuments, markets, etc. We refer to everything that is needed to establish a community, and that the human being builds.

Political components: The political components have to do with the way in which power is organized in different human societies. From this derives the delimitation of borders that divide the countries of the world and the way in which each one organizes its territories (geopolitical organization)

Economic components: These components are printed in geographical spaces as a result of the dynamics of production and consumption, that is, of the market, with which societies seek to satisfy their needs.

Cultural components: They are those related to the particular way of being of each community, its customs, its language, its traditions, its gastronomy, its architecture, etc., and that throughout its existence is preserved.

200

3 cultural components in Tepoztlan

The festivals, the churches and the markets

300

Is geography really useful?

Geography is, in the broadest sense, an education for life and for living. Learning through geography helps us all to be more socially and environmentally sensitive, better informed, and more responsible as citizens and employees.

300

Give three examples of geographical spaces.

A city, a country, a region, a municipality, a town are geographical spaces.

300

Mention the five geographical components

Natural, social, political, economic, cultural

300

3 economic components in New York

The stock exchange, the banks and the markets

400

Mention the two basic dimensions of the geographical space.

The geographic space is characterized by two basic dimensions: the locational perspective and the ecological one.

400

These components are printed in geographical spaces as a result of the dynamics of production and consumption, that is, of the market, with which societies seek to satisfy their needs.

In this sense, in many places the different social classes are easily recognizable by the characteristics that each one contributes to the geographical space.

Economic components

400

3 natural components from Brazil

The beaches, the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon river, etc.

500

Describe the location and ecological dimension.

LD: It refers to the possibility of locating a certain space by means of coordinates and being represented on a map.

ED: It is the one referred to all the living beings that exist in a certain geographical space.

500

Describe the 5 geographical space components.

Natural components: They are those constituted by the natural characteristics of a site without the human hand having intervened. Examples of natural components are valleys, mountains, deserts, lakes, seas, rivers, etc.

Social components: It is everything built by the human being that corresponds to the various activities carried out in a geographical space. These components can be religious monuments, markets, etc. We refer to everything that is needed to establish a community, and that the human being builds.

Political components: The political components have to do with the way in which power is organized in different human societies. From this derives the delimitation of borders that divide the countries of the world and the way in which each one organizes its territories (geopolitical organization)

Economic components: These components are printed in geographical spaces as a result of the dynamics of production and consumption, that is, of the market, with which societies seek to satisfy their needs.

Cultural components: They are those related to the particular way of being of each community, its customs, its language, its traditions, its gastronomy, its architecture, etc., and that throughout its existence is preserved.

500

3 political components from Germany

The type of goverment, the frontiers and the alliances with other countries.