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Task 1

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Where can we obtain geographic knowledge? Think about it and speak with your classmate.

Where can we obtain geographic knowledge? Think about it and speak with your classmate.

Where can we obtain geographic knowledge? Think about it and write down your observations.

People have been acquiring, accumulating and processing knowledge about our planet for thousands of years. The sources of geographic knowledge can be divided into direct and indirect.

Direct sources are:

• observation (e.g. changes in the type of vegetation with altitude in the mountains);

• measurements (e.g. weather elements: air temperature and humidity, precipitation, atmospheric pressure);

• photographs (e.g. taken during observations, documenting a phenomenon, aerial photography, satellite images);

• mappingmappingmapping: putting new information acquired during field observations and measurements on to maps.

Indirect sources are:

• Internet: the largest and most easily available source of knowledge; however, it requires to be used with prudence;

• maps: a very important source of knowledge that you will learn about and analyse and use in many geography lessons;

• printed materials: conveying information through words, illustrations and numbers; the most important include textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, travel books, tourist guides and statistical yearbooks or other statistical data collections;

• digital files: nowadays, publishing houses, offices and other institutions often publish their content digitally (just like our e‑reader);

• videos and photos: valuable sources of knowledge that may show e.g. geographical phenomena occurring in distant regions of the globe.

At the end of the class, do the following exercise.

Keywords

geography, direct sources, indirect sources

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