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编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第PAGE77页共NUMPAGES77页第PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT77页共NUMPAGES\*MERGEFORMAT77页MapoftheWorldQuestionsGeographyasks:“Where?”questions(descriptiveinventory)Wherearethingslocated?Whatistheirdistributionacrossthesurfaceoftheearth?“Why?”and“How?”questions(analyticalapproach)Whyarethingslocatedwheretheyare?Howdodifferentthingsrelatetooneanotherataspecificplace?Howdodifferentplacesrelatetoeachother?Howhavegeographicpatternsandrelationshipschangedovertime?Whatisgeography?(amoreacademicdefinition)Itisconcernedwithplace,describesthechangingpatternofplaces,andattemptstounravelthemeaningoftheevolvingofsuchpatterns.Itseekstounderstandthephysicalandculturalfeaturesofplacesandtheirnaturalsettingsonthefaceoftheearth.Thespatialdimensioniscentraltogeography.Itusesadistinctivelanguage–thelanguageofmaps.☺PartVI–themostinsightful&enlighteningpartthistableprovides:Geographyhelpsustounderstandtheworld,theearthasitwas,itspasttense,toexploretheworldasitis,itspresenttense,andtothinkoftheworldasitmightbe,itsfuturetense.TheCarnegieReportonHigherEducation(1991)setsforththealmostcertaindangersthatexistintheglobalfutureifwefailtoseetheworldasthus:Theworldhasbecomeamorecrowded,moreinterconnected,morevolatileandmoreunstableplace.Ifeducationcannothelpstudentsseebeyondthemselvesandbetterunderstandtheinterdependentnatureofourworld,theneachgenerationwillremainignorant,anditscapacitytolivecompetentlyandresponsiblywillbedangerouslydiminished.(p.42)MapsSomefundamentalconceptsofspaceandlocationPropertiesofspaceGeographersconsidervariousdimensionsofspace:One-dimensionalspace,Three-dimensionalspace,Two-dimensionalspacethatcanberepresentedonaplane,Thespatialelementsofpoint,line,andareamaybeusedtodefinethebasicgeographicconceptsofdistance,direction,andconnectivity.TwokindsoflocationAbsolutelocation(site)ispositioninrelationtoaconventionalgridsystem,suchaslatitudeandlongitudeorstreetaddresses;Relativelocation(situation)ispositionwit
