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The Group 3: Individuals and societies subjects of the IB Diploma Programme consist of ten courses offered at both the Standard level (SL) and Higher level (HL): Business Management, Economics, Geography, Global Politics, History, Information technology in a global society (ITGS), Philosophy, Psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, and World religions (SL only). [1]
Pages in category "Lists of geography lists" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Palearctic 54.1 mil. km 2 (including the bulk of Eurasia and North Africa) Afrotropic 22.1 mil. km 2 (including Sub-Saharan Africa) Indomalaya 7.5 mil. km 2 (including the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia) Australasia 7.7 mil. km 2 (including Australia, New Guinea, and neighboring islands). The northern boundary of this zone is known ...
Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία geōgraphía; combining gê 'Earth' and gráphō 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. [1] Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also ...
[2] neatline A line separating the main body of a map from the map's margin. On a standard quadrangle map, the neatlines are the meridians and parallels delimiting the quadrangle. [3] neck 1. A narrow stretch of land with water on each side, e.g. an isthmus or promontory. [4] 2. A narrow stretch of woodland or of ice. [4] 3.
As analytical approaches to geography arose in the 1950s and 1960s, generalization, especially line simplification and raster smoothing, was a target of study. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Generalization was probably the most thoroughly studied aspect of cartography from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Environmental determinism was revived in the late-twentieth century as neo-environmental determinism, a new term coined by the social scientist and critic Andrew Sluyter. [3] Sluyter argues that neo-environmental determinism does not sufficiently break with its classical and imperial precursors. [3]
[1] [2] [3] Global North and Global South are terms that denote a method of grouping countries based on their defining characteristics with regard to socioeconomics and politics . According to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Global South broadly comprises Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean , Asia (excluding Israel , Japan , and ...